THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 185714. February 3, 2014.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WAIDA DATUMANONG Y AKMAD, BONIAMIN DATUMANONG, BAI NOR KAHAR, YUSUP KADIR, BLAH MAMA, BERNARDO DIMAVIBAS AND LAVINIA TORNO, THREE [3] JOHN DOES AND ONE [1] ALIAS LORNA, accused-appellants.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated February 3, 2014, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 185714 (People of the Philippines v. Waida Datumanong y Akmad, Boniamin Datumanong, Bai Nor Kahar, Yusup Kadir, Blah Mama, Bernardo Dimavibas and Lavinia Torno, Three [3] John Does and One [1] Alias Lorna). — The Court resolves to NOTE:
(1) the letter dated August 14, 2013 of Hon. Loretta Ann P. Rosales, Chairperson of the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines, addressed to Hon. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno, requesting assistance for the speedy resolution of the appealed case, referred by the Office of the Chief Justice to the Office of the Clerk of Court, Third Division, for appropriate action; and DHITCc
(2) the letter dated September 16, 2013 of accused-appellant Bai Nor Kahar, addressed to Hon. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno, requesting the early resolution of the case for reasons stated therein, referred by the Office of the Chief Justice to the Office of the Clerk of Court, Third Division, for appropriate action.
The records of this case were elevated to this Court on January 9, 2009, pursuant to the Resolution of the Court of Appeals, dated May 6, 2008, which gave due course to the notice of appeal files by the accused-appellant Waida Datumanong y Akmad, Boniamin Datumanong, Bai Nor Kahar, Yusup Kadir, Blah Mama, Bernardo Dimavibas, and Lavinia Torno.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution, dated January 28, 2009, accused-appellants Bai Nor Kahar, Blah Mama, Yusup Kadir, Waida Datumanong, and Boniamin Datumanong filed their respective Supplemental Briefs 1 while the Office of the Solicitor General and accused-appellants Bernardo Dimavidas and Lavinia Torno filed their respective manifestations stating that they were adopting all the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in their respective briefs filed before the CA.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to dismiss the appeal of the accused-appellants for their failure to sufficiently show reversible error in the challenged decision warranting the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction. ECISAD
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the August 31, 2007 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00110-MIN, finding the accused-appellants, Waida Datumanong y Akmad, Boniamin Datumanong, Bai Nor Kahar, Yusup Kadir, Blah Mama, Bernardo Dimavibas, and Lavinia Torno, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 15, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine in the amount of One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00).
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LUCITA ABJELINA SORIANODivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Rollo, pp. 96-103, pp. 121-133 and pp. 257-271.