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Pio Timbal vs Hon. CA & PEOPLE

PIO TIMBAL, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 136487 | 2001-12-14

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

A husband was held by the court a quo accountable for estafa through false pretense on account of a check issued by his wife.

Petitioner Pio Timbal and his wife Maritess Timbal were charged with the crime of estafa before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 216, of Quezon City. The accusatory Information under which the spouses were charged read:

"That on or about the 2nd day of February 1994, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring together, confederating with and mutually helping each other, did, then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously defraud one JUDY I. BIGORNIA in the...