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People vs. Cresencia C. Reyes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRESENCIA C. REYES, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 101127-31 | 1993-11-18

D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J.:

The appellant has instituted this proceeding for the reversal of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila dated March 12, 1991, convicting her of estafa and violation of BP 22 under five separate informations which had been consolidated and tried jointly on her own motion.

From the unrebutted evidence of the prosecution, the trial court found that complainant Lorie Garcia came to know Cresencia Reyes through Manny Cabrera, a friend and business acquaintance of Garcia, who requested her to deliver rice to Reyes because he had no more stock to sell. Garcia initially refused but eventually agreed to sell to...