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Ongkingco vs. Sugiyama

SOCORRO F. ONGKINGCO AND MARIE PAZ B. ONGKINGCO, PETITIONERS, V. KAZUHIRO SUGIYAMA AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 217787 | 2019-09-18

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Petitioners Socorro F. Ongkingco and Marie Paz B. Ongkingco filed a petition for review on certiorari, assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), dated October 24, 2014 in CA-G.R. CR No. 35356, which affirmed in toto the Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC). The RTC affirmed in toto the Decision[3] of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) which found petitioners guilty of four (4) counts of violation of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 in Criminal Cases Nos. 318339 to 318342. The MeTC ordered petitioners to pay a fine of P100,000.00 each for...