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Rosemarie M. Lee vs. Josefina Cruz Rodil, etal.

ROSEMARIE M. LEE, petitioner, vs. HON. JOSEFINA CRUZ RODIL, Judge of Regional Trial Court, Branch X, Manila and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 80544 | 1989-07-05

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

In this petition we are asked to reconsider the liability for estafa of an entrustee in a trust receipt agreement who disposes of the goods covered by it but fails to deliver the proceeds of the sale to the bank.

Petitioner Rosemarie M. Lee was charged with estafa in an information which alleged:

"That on or about July 26, 1982 in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously defraud the Philippine Bank of Communications, a banking institution duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, in the following...