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Mesina vs. People

BERNARDO U. MESINA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 162489 | 2015-06-17

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

Under review is the decision promulgated on July 24, 2003,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed with modification the judgment rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 120, in Caloocan City convicting the petitioner of malversation as defined and penalized under Article 217, paragraph 4 of the Revised Penal Code.[2]

Antecedents
 
On July 9, 1998, an information was filed in the RTC charging the petitioner with qualified theft. Upon his motion, he was granted a reinvestigation. On September 17, 1998, after the reinvestigation, an amended information was filed charging him...