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Casanas vs. People

JOSHUA CASANAS Y CABANTAC A.K.A. JOSHUA GERONIMO Y LOPEZ, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 223833 | 2017-12-11

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari[1] are the Decision[2] dated July 28, 2015 and the Resolution[3] dated January 11, 2016 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 35835, which affirmed the Decision[4] dated May 15, 2013 of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela City, Branch 269 (RTC-Valenzuela) in Criminal Case No. 874-V-12 finding petitioner Joshua Casanas Cabantac, a.k.a. Joshua Geronimo Lopez (Casanas) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Carnapping, defined and penalized under Section 2 of Republic Act No....