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PEOPLE. Vs. Julia Maniego

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIA MANIEGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-30910 | 1987-02-27

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Application of the established rule in this jurisdiction, that the acquittal of an accused on reasonable doubt is not generally an impediment to the imposition, in the same criminal action, of civil liability for damages on said accused, is what is essentially called into question by the appellant in this case.

The information which initiated the instant criminal proceedings in the Court of First Instance of Rizal indicted three (3) persons ---- Lt. Rizalino M. Ubay, Mrs. Milagros Pamintuan, and Mrs. Julia T. Maniego ---- for the crime of MALVERSATION committed as follows:

"That on or about the period...