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PEOPLE vs Rowena Eslabon Dionisio, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROWENA ESLABON DIONISIO, JOSEFINA MALLARI y PENAFLOR (Acquitted) and DIANE DOBLE y MACATUMPAG (Acquitted), accused, / ROWENA ESLABON DIONISIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130170 | 2002-01-29

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 94[1] in Criminal Case No. Q-91-26376, finding accused-appellant Rowena Eslabon Dionisio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal recruitment in large scale and sentencing her to suffer life imprisonment, pay a fine of P100,000.00 and reimburse to private complainants the sums of money she collected.

The factual antecedents of the case, as appearing on the records, are as follows:

Sometime in August 1991, a certain Cora Molar enticed private complainant Juanita Castillo to apply for overseas...