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PEOPLE Vs. Joey B. Bodozo, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellees, vs. JOEY BODOZO Y BULA and NIMFA BODOZO y NERI, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 96621 | 1992-10-21

D E C I S I O N


CAMPOS, JR., J.:

This is an appeal 1 interposed by accused Joey Bodozo and Nimfa Bodozo, husband and wife, from the decision 2 of the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch XLIX, Manila, in Criminal Case Nos. 89-73608-SCC to 89-73613-SCC, finding them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal recruitment defined in and penalized by Article 13 in relation to Article 38 of the Labor Code, as amended, and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of Life Imprisonment.

Accused-appellants were charged before the Regional Trial Court with five (5) counts of Estafa (docketed as Criminal...