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Emma Offermaria Marcelo vs CA and PEOPLE

EMMA OFFEMARIA MARCELO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. NO. 128513 | 2000-12-27

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated October 23, 1996 in its affirmance of the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 8 dated June 18, 1991[2] in Criminal Case No. 84-25822 finding petitioner Emma Offemaria Marcelo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa as defined and penalized under Art. 315 (2) (a) of the Revised Penal Code.

The facts, as borne by the records, are as follows:

On May 7, 1982, private complainant Clarita Mosquera was at home when her cousin Milagros Gasmen[3] arrived with Nemia Magalit Diu.[4]...