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Francisco Sycip Jr vs CA and PEOPLE

FRANCISCO T. SYCIP, JR., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 125059 | 2000-03-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the decision of the Court of Appeals, dated February 29, 1996, in CA-G.R. CR No. 15993, which affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 95, in Criminal Cases Nos. Q-91-25910 to 15, finding petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating B.P. Blg. 22, the Bouncing Checks Law.

The facts in this case, as culled from the records, are as follows:

On August 24, 1989, Francisco T. Sycip agreed to buy, on installment, from Francel Realty Corporation (FRC), a townhouse unit in the latter's project at Bacoor, Cavite.

Upon execution of the contract...