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Benito O. Sy vs. PEOPLE.

BENITO SY y ONG, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 85785 | 1989-04-24

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Convicted of Estafa under Article 315, Paragraph 1 (b) of the Revised Penal Code by three (3) Courts, namely, the Metropolitan Trial Court, Caloocan City, Branch 52; 1 the Regional Trial Court of the same City, Branch 129; 2 and respondent Court of Appeals, petitioner now seeks to break the chain of convictions.

The indictment against petitioner-accused, filed on 18 August 1986, reads:

"That on or about and during the month of January 1986 in Caloocan City, Metro Manila and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused received from the Panama Sawmill Inc., represented...