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People vs. Gener Turda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GENER TURDA alias "Boy" (a.k.a. GUADALUPE TURDA, JR.), accused-appellant

G.R. Nos. 97044-46 | 1994-07-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J p:

GENER TURDA alias "Boy" (a.k.a. Guadalupe Turda, Jr.) together with his wife Milagros Turda and Carmen Manera, was charged with illegal recruitment in Crim. Case No. 57218 and two (2) counts of estafa in Crim. Cases Nos. 57219 and 57220. However, Milagros Turda and Carmen Manera were never apprehended so that only Gener Turda could be arraigned and tried. As the three (3) cases involved the same factual milieu, they were jointly tried.

In the first week of August 1986, appellant Gener Turda, his wife Milagros Turda nicknamed "Mila," and Carmen Manera went to the house of complainant...