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Lilibeth Aricheta vs. People of the Phil

LILIBETH ARICHETA, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 172500 | 2007-09-21

D E C I S I O N
 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Assailed before Us is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 25540 which affirmed with modifications the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 29, in Criminal Case No. 96-152984, convicting petitioner Lilibeth Aricheta of the crime of Estafa.

In an Information filed on 7 October 1996, petitioner was charged with Estafa allegedly committed as follows:

That sometime in April 1994, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused being then the owner of a parcel of land located at Bo. Bagumbong, Novaliches, Kalookan City containing an area of forty-eight...