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Terencio Ranon vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

TERENCIO RANON, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62126 | 1985-03-25

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals finding the petitioner guilty of the crime of estafa thru falsification of a public and/or official document. The questioned decision affirmed the earlier decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding accused Terencio C. Rañon guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principal in the complex crime of estafa thru falsification of a public or official document by a private individual, as defined and penalized in Article 172, paragraph 1, and...