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Elvira Lateo y Eleazar, et al. vs. People of the Philippines

ELVIRA LATEO y ELEAZAR, FRANCISCO ELCA y ARCAS, and BARTOLOME BALDEMOR y MADRIGAL, Petitioners, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 161651 | 2011-06-08

SECOND DIVISION
DECISION
 
NACHURA, J.:
 
 
On appeal is the August 7, 2003 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 23240, which affirmed with modification the March 17, 1998 decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasay City, Branch 109, convicting Elvira Lateo (Lateo), Francisco Elca (Elca), and Bartolome Baldemor (Baldemor) of attempted estafa.
 
 
On April 28, 1995, Lateo, Elca, and Baldemor (petitioners), along with Orlando Lalota (Lalota) and Nolasco de Guzman (De Guzman), were charged with estafa in an information, which reads:
 
That on or about April 27, 1995, in Pasay City, Metro Manila...