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PEOPLE vs Abelardo Salonga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ABELARDO SALONGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131131 | 2001-06-21

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This case was certified to this Court pursuant to Section 13, Rule 124[1] of the Rules of Court from a decision rendered by the Court of Appeals[2] in CA-G.R. CR NO. 18551 which modified the decision of the Regional Trial Court[3] (RTC) of Makati, Branch 142 in Criminal Case No. 33127, by increasing the penalty imposed on the accused to reclusion perpetua.

Abelardo Salonga, Flaviano Pangilinan, Amiel Garcia and Ricardo Licup were charged with the crime of Qualified Theft through Falsification of Commercial Document in an information[4] that reads:

"That on or before the 23rd day of October, 1986, in...