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People of the Philippines Vs. Mary Lou Omictin y Singco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARY LOU OMICTIN y SINGCO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188130 | 2010-07-26

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the November 25, 2009 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02793, entitled People of the Philippines v. Mary Lou Omictin y Singco. The CA Decision affirmed the Decision[2] dated May 3, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 104 in Quezon City, finding accused-appellant Mary Lou Omictin guilty of violating Section 6, in relation to Sec. 7(b), of Republic Act No. (RA) 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. Specifically, accused-appellant was charged with and adjudged guilty of illegal recruitment in large scale...