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PEOPLE vs. Eliza D. Bagus

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. ELIZA BAGUS y DACAYAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 111824 | 1997-08-11

D E C I S I O N


FRANCISCO, J.:

Appellant Eliza D. Bagus was charged in an Information, 1 dated December 17, 1990, for violating Section 4 of Republic Act 6425. When arraigned, appellant entered a plea of "Not Guilty". Trial, thereafter, ensued. On September 7, 1992, the trial court 2 found the appellant guilty as charged and sentenced her "to suffer life imprisonment, to pay a fine of P20,000.00 and to pay the costs." 3 Aggrieved, appellant interposed the instant appeal maintaining her innocence and arguing that the evidence against her "is doubtful". 4

The facts of the case as narrated by the Office of the Solicitor General are as...