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PEOPLE vs Vicente Mercado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE MERCADO y MERCADO alias VICENTE TAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 108440-42 | 1999-03-11

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Domingo D. Panis.] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XLI, finding accused-appellant Vicente Mercado y Mercado alias Vicente Tan guilty of (1) illegal recruitment committed in large scale and sentencing him to suffer life imprisonment, pay a fine of P100,000.00, and indemnify private complainants in actual damages amounting to a total of P190,000.00; and (2) estafa for which he was sentenced to suffer an indeterminate prison term ranging from six (6) years and two (2) months of prision mayor, as minimum, to ten (10) years of prision mayor, as...