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Antonio Nepomuceno Vs. People of the Philippines

ANTONIO NEPOMUCENO, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 166246 | 2008-04-30

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us is a petition for review filed by Antonio Nepomuceno, seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[1] dated July 6, 2004 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 26671. The assailed decision had affirmed with modification the Decision[2] dated July 24, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 85, Lipa City, Batangas, convicting petitioner of estafa as defined and penalized under Article 315 1(b)[3] of the Revised Penal Code.

Nepomuceno was charged with estafa in an Information dated November 8, 1996 which reads:

x x x x

That on or about the 22nd day of October, 1994 at Lipa City,...