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People vs. Espiritu etc

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANNA ESPIRITU AND ELLEN MABBORANG,[*] ACCUSED, ISABEL RIOS Y CATAGBUI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 226140 | 2020-02-26

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
The case before the Court is an appeal of the Decision[1] dated April 23, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA G.R. CR-HC No. 06023 which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Criminal Case (CC) Nos. R-PSY-0900778-CR to R-PSY-0900786-CR dated September 7, 2012 convicting accused-appellant Isabel Rios y Catagbui (Rios) as the principal in Large Scale Illegal Recruitment penalized under Section 6(m)[3] of Republic Act No. (RA) 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 and eight counts of Estafa under Article...