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Napoleon Antazo vs. PEOPLE, et al.

NAPOLEON ANTAZO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45278 | 1985-08-28

D E C I S I O N


ALAMPAY, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari directed against the decision dated October 21, 1976 rendered by the Court of Appeals, affirming the conviction of the petitioner herein for the crime of estafa by the Court of First Instance of Rizal, in Criminal Case No. 3-26-M. Petitioner prays that the judgment of the courts below which he assails be set aside, and that his acquittal be decreed by this Court.

The antecedent facts of this case disclose that petitioner Napoleon Antazo, a resident of Binangonan, Rizal, a lawyer and a retired municipal judge, was the owner of a parcel of land known with an area of 1,452...