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People vs.Baladjay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROSARIO BALADJAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 220458 | 2017-07-26

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
"... the only people who get rich from "get rich quick" books are those who write them."
 
-Richard M. Nixon
 
Nature of the Case

Before this Court is an appeal from the November 13, 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 06308 finding the accused-appellant, Rosario Baladjay (Baladjay), guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Syndicated Estafa defined and penalized under Article 315 (2) (a) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) in relation to Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. (PD) 1689.[2]
 
The Facts

In an Information dated August 6,...