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PEOPLE Vs. Zenaida E. Villafuerte

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ZENAIDA E. VILLAFUERTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 93723-27 | 1994-05-06

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

This is an appeal from the February 16, 1990 Decision of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, Branch 89, finding accused-appellant Zenaida E. Villafuerte guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of estafa under the Revised Penal Code and illegal recruitment in large scale under the Labor Code.

Four separate informations for estafa under Art. 315, par. 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code 1 were filed against appellant on April 10, 1989. The information in Criminal Case No. Q-89-3276 read as follows:

"That on or about the 13th and the 20th of May 1988 in Quezon City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of...