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PEOPLE vs Beth Banzalez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BETH N. BANZALES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132289 | 2000-07-18

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 215, finding accused-appellant Beth N. Banzales guilty of (1) illegal recruitment committed in large scale and sentencing her to suffer life imprisonment, pay a fine of P100,000.00, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency; and (2) five (5) counts of estafa for which she was sentenced to suffer an indeterminate prison term of six (6) months and one (1) day of prision correccional as minimum to seven (7) years of prision mayor as maximum for each count. In another count of estafa, she was sentenced to...