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Ko Bu Lin vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

KO BU LIN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-57170 | 1982-11-19

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Separate Decisions of the Court of Appeals are sought to be reversed through these two appeals by Certiorari filed by petitioners Ko Bu Lin (in G. R. No. L-57170), and Lolita Bañares (in G. R. No. L-53663), involving Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code on Estafa, and the doctrine of double jeopardy.

The Petitions were initially denied by the former First Division of the Court, but, on Motions for Reconsideration filed by both petitioners, and after referral of both cases to the Court en banc due to failure to get the concurrence of five members within the Division, the Court en banc...