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Cresencio C. Milla vs. People of the Philippines and Carlo V. Lopez

CRESENCIO C. MILLA, Petitioner, vs.PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and MARKET PURSUITS, INC. represented by CARLO V. LOPEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 188726 | 2012-01-25

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:


This is a Petition for Certiorari assailing the 22 April 2009 Decision1 and 8 July 2009 Resolution2 of the Court of Appeals, affirming the Decision of the trial court finding petitioner Cresencio C. Milla (Milla) guilty of two counts of estafa through falsification of public documents.


Respondent Carlo Lopez (Lopez) was the Financial Officer of private respondent, Market Pursuits, Inc. (MPI). In March 2003, Milla represented himself as a real estate developer from Ines Anderson Development Corporation, which was engaged in selling business properties in Makati, and offered to sell MPI a property...