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Bruan vs PEOPLE

EDNA MARIS SOCORRO C. BRUAN, Petitioner, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 149428 | 2004-06-04

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, as amended, of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 37, finding the herein petitioner guilty of indirect contempt, and sentencing her to imprisonment of six months and to pay a fine of P30,000.



The antecedents are as follows:



The herein petitioner, Edna Maris Socorro Bruan married Walter Andreas B. Bruan in Lindenberg, Germany, on December 1, 1989. They have one child, Kimberly Ann Bruan, who was born on August 21, 1993 in Talisay, Batangas.



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