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Jose vs. People

ELSA JOSE, Petitioner, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES; REJIE RAMOS DEL ROSARIO; and the Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Makati, Respondents. Branch 148,

G.R. No. 148371 | 2004-08-12

DECISION

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Private respondent might have been too naive in believing the false pretense foisted by petitioner. Others more sensible might not have succumbed to the sweet talk. But the law protects not only the wary and the wily, but more so the gullible and the guileless.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to annul the December 29, 2000 Decision[2] and the June 7, 2001 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CR No. 21073. The decretal portion of the assailed Decision reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the assailed decision being in conformity with the law and...