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People vs. Mercy Logan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MERCY LOGAN y CALDERON, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135030-33 | 2001-07-20

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Joint Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 103, in Criminal Cases Nos. Q-96-66231 to Q-96-66234 convicting the appellant of the crimes of estafa and illegal recruitment in large scale.

The appellant, Mercy Logan y Calderon, was charged with three (3) counts of the crime of estafa, as defined and penalized under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code, in three (3) separate informations which, save for the names of the private complainants and amounts involved,[2] are substantially worded, thus:

Criminal Case No. Q-96-66231:

That on or about and during...