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Ba?ares II, Valeriano, et al vs Balising, Alger, et al

FIDEL M. BA?ARES II, LILIA C. VALERIANO, EDGAR M. BA?ARES, EMILIA GATCHALIAN and FIDEL BESARINO, petitioners, vs. ELIZABETH BALISING, ROGER ALGER, MERLINDA CAPARIC, EUSTAQUIO R. TEJONES, ANDREA SAYAM, JENNY ISLA, WILMA ROGATERO, PABLITO ALEGRIA, ROLANDO CANON, EDITHA ESTORES, EDMUNDO DOROYA, TERESITA GUION, DANNY ANDARAYAN, LOURDES CADAY, ROGELIO MANO, EVANGELINE CABILTES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OF RIZAL, Antipolo, Rizal, respondents.

G.R. No. 132624 | 2000-03-13

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Antipolo, Rizal, Branch 71 dated August 26, 1997.1 [SCA Case No. 96-4092.]

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Petitioners Fidel M. Bañares II, Lilia C. Valeriano, Edgar M. Bañares, Emilia Gatchialian and Fidel Besarino were the accused in sixteen criminal cases for estafa 2 [Docketed as Criminal Case Nos. 94-0829, 94-0830, 94-0831, 94-0832, 94-0833, 94-0836, 94-0838, 94-0839, 94-0841, 94-0843, 94-0847, 94-0848, 94-0850, 94-0854 and 94-0058 in the Municipal Trial Court of Antipolo Rizal,...