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Santiago Ong vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SANTIAGO ONG, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47674 | 1980-10-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 15019-CR, 1 promulgated on October 14, 1977, affirming with modification as to the penalty the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, Branch IV, in Criminal Case No. V-10933, entitled, "People of the Philippines versus Santiago Ong and Tony Chua alias Chua Tiong, convicting the accused Santiago Ong, petitioner herein, of the crime of estafa, penalized under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code. 2

Together with Tony Chua, the petitioner Santiago Ong was charged with estafa in a second amended...