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Dela Cruz vs. People

TEOFILO FLORES Y DELA CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 252807 |

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case

This petition assails the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated July 2, 2020 in CA-G.R. CR No. 39684 affirming with modification the October 6, 2016 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque City, Branch 257 in Criminal Case Nos. 10-1374 and 10-1375. The trial court found petitioner Teofilo Flores y Dela Cruz (Petitioner) guilty of estafa under Article 315, Paragraph 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of four (4) months of arresto mayor, as minimum, to one (1) year and one...