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PEOPLE vs Lorna Guevarra, Jose & Pedro Jr Bea

PEOPLE OF T[1999V288] HE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LORNA B. GUEVARRA, JOSIE BEA and PEDRO BEA, JR., accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 120141 | 1999-04-21

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal from a decision1 [Penned by Judge Vladimir B. Brusola.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Legaspi City, convicting accused Lorna B. Guevarra, Josie Bea and Pedro Bea, Jr., of illegal recruitment by a syndicate in large scale, and sentencing all three accused to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of one hundred thousand (P100,000.00) each, and to indemnify each of the complainants, namely, Wilfredo Belbes, Ermelita Bocato, Rizalina Belbes, Alan Banico and Arnel Basaysay,2 [Arnel Basaysay in the information is written as "Arnel Bagaysay", although in the rest of the...