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Candida Mariano vs. People

CANDIDA MARIANO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 80161 | 1992-12-14

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

The accused Candida Mariano brought this petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed her conviction by the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan of the crime of estafa in Criminal Case No. 2966-M.

The information which charges the accused with conversion of pieces of jewelry belonging to Antonia Santos alleges:

"That on or about the 22nd day of September 1978, in the municipality of Bocaue, province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused Candida Mariano, by means of false pretenses and fraudulent manifestations, received from...