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PEOPLE vs Josefina M. Dimalanta

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JOSEFINA M. DIMALANTA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 157039 | 2004-10-01

DECISION 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 121, in Criminal Case No. C-58083 (99), which disposed of the case thus:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, this Court finds accused JOSEFINA M. DIMALANTA GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of ESTAFA and sentences her to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of 30 years of RECLUSION PERPETUA and to pay the private complainant Elvira D. Abarca the sum of P383,826.00.

With costs
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SO ORDERED.[1]

On November 10, 1999, appellant was charged with Estafa under Article 315, paragraph 2 (d) of the Revised Penal Code, as...