CDT 3C ANDREW DANIEL F.

VILLAPANDO
C-24302
SECTION 1
Atty. JEHAIDAH V. FRIGINAL
G.R. No. 154130
October 1, 2003
BENITO ASTORGA
vs.
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
On or about 1st day of September 1997 at Municipality of Daram,
Province of Samar, Philippines the Regional Special Operations Group of
Depeartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Office No. 8 was
conducting an anti-illegal logging campaign.

The team is composed of Forester II Moises dela Cruz, Scaler Wenifredo

Maniscan, Forest Ranger Renato Militante, and Tree Marker Crisanto Pelias,
with Elpidio E. Simon, Chief of the Forest Protection and Law Enforcement
Section, as team leader. They were escorted by SPO3 Andres B. Cinco, Jr. and
SPO1 Rufo Capoquian.

At exactly 2:00 PM in the afternoon, they saw a boat in the vicinity,

followed by another bout after an hour. Maniscan and Militante decided to
proceed to the bout whre they met Mayor Astorga. The team approached Mayor
Astorga to explain their mission which he answered in negative way and ask
reinforcement to surround and arrest the team. They were being brought to
Daram where they were all hold and detain.

At exactly 7:00 – 8:00 PM they hsd s dinner with Mayos Astorga. and
few hours later at exactly 2:00 AM they were being allowed to go home.

The team then filed a case against Mayor Astorga through joint affidavit
which he pleaded not guilty. On July 5, 2001 the Sandigangbayan presented
the case decision where hereby accused BENITO ASTORGA Y BOCATCAT
guilty of Arbitrary Detention, and in the absence of any mitigating or aggravating
circumstances, applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, he is hereby
sentenced to suffer imprisonment of four (4) months of arresto mayor as
minimum to one (1) year and eight (8) months of prision correctional as
maximum.
CDT 3C ANDREW DANIEL F. VILLAPANDO
C-24302
SECTION 1
Atty. JEHAIDAH V. FRIGINAL
G.R. No. 222965
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
vs.
USTADZ IBRAHIM ALI y KALIM, ABDUL HASSAN AND TWO OTHER
COMPANIONS IDENTIFED ONLY AS "JUL" AND "AMAT”
USTADZ IBRAHIM ALI y KALIM

On or about 14th day of December 1998 at Zambaonga, Philippines 19-

year-old women named Chirtia Oliz Eucogco, Antonio Yu Lim and two others
was being kidnapped in their blue Nissan vehicle at the vicinity of EAAB at Sta
Maria Road. The accused ordered Rene Igno the driver to drive at the area of
Pitogo Beach.

The accused ask for ransom money in exchange for their life. Chistia
Oliz suddenly managed to get outside the vehicle and run towards the
residents. She was able to ask for help and assistance to the local police. The
police arrested the accused Ustadz Ibrahim Ali y Kalim.

After a thorough trial at court, using the 6 witnesses presented by court

with combined testimonies against false testimony of the defense, Ustadz
Ibrahim Ali y Kalim the accused found guilty of violating Article 267 of Revised
Penal Code Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention defined and penalized
under Article 267, paragraphs 2 and of the Revised Penal Code as amended
by Section 8 of Republic Act No. 7659, and SENTENCES said accused to suffer
the penalty of RECLUSIONPERPETUA with the accessory penalties provided
by law and to pay the costs
CDT 3C ANDREW DANIEL F. VILLAPANDO
C-24302
SECTION 1
Atty. JEHAIDAH V. FRIGINAL
G.R. No. 181440
April 13, 2011
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
vs.
AIDA MARQUEZ
On 6th day of September 1998, somewhere in Laguna Aida Marquez
accused working for Carolina Cunanan as a beautician allegedly borrowed
Merano’s three-month old daughter. She agreed to it because Marquez
normally brings her daughter Justine Bernadette Merano anywhere.
Unfortunately, she did not return it, but promise to return it soon.
November 11, 1998, Marquez called to return Justine and explained that
she wasn’t able to return Justine because her own son is sick. Marquez also
asked for fifty thousand pesos for all the expenses used during the stay of
Justine in Mrquez’s house.
On the day that Justine should return did not happen, Merano went to
Marquez’s house and was not able to see his daughter. Merano filed a case
against Marquez. She also asked for help to Mayor Alfredo Lim and referred
her to Lieutenant Eleazar of San Pedro, Laguna.
They found out that Justine was at Castillo’s in Quezon. Marquez sold
Justine for P60,000 sixty thousand pesos to Castillo and gave a handwritten
contract dated 17, 1998. Castillo gave the custody of Justine to the Reception
and Study Center for Children of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development.
Marquez defend herself and said that Merano offered Justine to her, but
Marquez reffered Merano to Castillo. After a thorough investigation and
exchange of terstimonies.
At the end, the court decides and finds the accused AIDA MARQUEZ
a.k.a. AIDA PULIDO, GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT of
KIDNAPPING AND FAILURE TO RETURN A MINOR under Article 270 of the
Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act. No. 18 and is hereby
sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA.
CDT 3C ANDREW DANIEL F. VILLAPANDO
C-24302
SECTION 1
Atty. JEHAIDAH V. FRIGINAL
G.R. No. 179080
November 26, 2014
EDIGARDO GEROCHE, ROBERTO GARDE and GENEROSO MARFIL
alias "TAPOL"
vs.
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

On 14th day of May 1989 at Sitio Lantawan Barangay Greenhills

Municipality of President Roxas, Cotabato, the accused Edigardo Geroche was
armed with garand rifle without authority forcibly break the door of said house
and mauled on of the occupants Bariliano Limbag which inflicts injury.

Due to forcible and unauthorize entry of the accused and damage

inflicted to the owner, Bariliano Limbag filed a case against Edigardo Geroche.

On 5th day of November 1990 arraignment held which he pleaded not

guilty. Bariliano Limbag, SPO4 Felomino Calfoforo and Dr. Antonio Cabrera
presents documents and testify to the incident.

The court found the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Violation
of Domicile, penalized under Article 128 of the Revised Penal Code, with the
MODIFICATION that the penalty that should be imposed is an indeterminate
sentence from two (2) years and four (4) months of prision correccional, as
minimum, to four (4) years, nine (9) months and ten (10) days of prision
correccional, as maximum.