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RESOLUTION
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
Before the Court is an appeal assailing the Decision[1]
dated February 15, 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in
C.A.-G.R.
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[1] Rollo, pp. 2-25. Penned by Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan,
with Associate Justices Rebecca De Guia-Salvador and Apolinario D.
Bruselas, Jr., concurring.
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[2] Id., at pp. 6-7.
[3] Id., at pp. 4-5.
[4] Id., at p. 7.
[5] Id.
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[6] Id., at pp. 7-8.
[7] “Virginio” in some parts of the records.
[8] One of the original five (5) accused who died during trial, resulting
in the dismissal of the case against him. (See CA Rollo, p. 37.)
[9] See Rollo, pp. 6 and 8-9.
[10] Id., at p. 3.
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[11] Id., at pp. 3 and 20.
[12] Id., at pp. 9-12.
[13] Records, p. 300, including the dorsal portion thereof.
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[14] CA Rollo, pp. 36-99. Penned by Presiding Judge Thelma Canlas
Trinidad-Pe Aguirre.
[15] Id., at pp. 93-95.
[16] Entitled “AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN
THE PHILIPPINES.”
[17] CA Rollo, pp. 98-99.
[18] Id., at p. 97.
[19] Id., at p. 60.
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[20] Rollo, pp. 2-25.
[21] Id., at pp. 15-16.
[22] Id., at pp. 18-19.
[23] Id., at pp. 23-24.
[24] Id., at pp. 22-24.
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[25] People v. Mercado, 400 Phil. 37, 71; 346 SCRA 256, 278 (2000). See
also People v. Lamsen, G.R. No. 198338, February 20, 2013, 691 SCRA
498, 505-506.
[26] See CA Decision; Rollo, pp. 16-19.
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[27] People v. Castro, 434 Phil. 206, 221; 385 SCRA 24, 35 (2002).
[28] People v. Buntag, 471 Phil. 82, 93; 427 SCRA 180, 189 (2004).
[29] Rollo, p. 23.
[30] “[T]he above named accused, conspiring together and mutually
helping one another, being then private persons, did then and there by
force and intimidation willfully, unlawfully and feloniously with the use of
motor vehicle and superior strength take, carry and deprive EDWIN
NAVARRO y ONA, of his liberty against his will, for
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the purpose of extorting ransom as in fact a demand of P15,000,000.00 was
made as a condition of the victim’s release and on the occasion thereof, the
death of the victim resulted.” (Id., at p. 3; emphasis and underscoring
supplied.)
[31] People v. Quimzon, G.R. No. 133541, April 14, 2004, 427 SCRA 261, 281,
citing People v. Feliciano, 418 Phil. 88, 106; 365 SCRA 613, 629 (2001).
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torting ransom from the victim or any other person, even if none
of the circumstances above mentioned were present in the
commission of the offense.
When the victim is killed or dies as a consequence of the
detention or is raped, or is subjected to torture or dehumanizing
acts, the maximum penalty shall be imposed. (Emphases
supplied)
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[32] Supra note 25 at pp. 288-289.
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[33] Id., at pp. 82-83; p. 289.
[34] Pursuant to Section 3 of RA 9346 which states that “[p]ersons
convicted of offenses punished with reclusion perpetua, or whose sentences
will be reduced to reclusion perpetua, by reason of this Act, shall not be
eligible for parole under Act No. 4180, otherwise known as the
Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended.” (See People v. Tadah, G.R. No.
186226, February 1, 2012, 664 SCRA 744, 747; see also People v. Lalog,
G.R. No. 196753, April 21, 2014, 722 SCRA 640.)
[35] 532 Phil. 414; 500 SCRA 704 (2006).
[36] Id., at p. 428; p. 719.
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[37] See People v. Gambao, G.R. No. 172707, October 1, 2013, 706 SCRA
508.
[38] See People v. Reyes, 600 Phil. 738, 788; 581 SCRA 691, 734 (2009).
[39] See id., at p. 787; pp. 734-735.
[40] People v. Dumadag, G.R. No. 176740, June 22, 2011, 652 SCRA
535, 550, citing People v. Galvez, G.R. No. 181827, February 2, 2011, 641
SCRA 472, 485.
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