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PEOPLE vs. Leonora A. Dy

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONORA DY y ABENIS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-54912 | 1981-11-23

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This case was certified to this Tribunal by the Court of Appeals 1 for final determination pursuant to Section 12, paragraph 2, Rule 124 of the Rules of Court, the impossible penalty being reclusion perpetua.

Leonora Dy y Abenis, herein appellant, was charged on June 30, 1977 with the crime of Estafa under Article 315, parag. 2(d) of the Revised Penal Code, committed by means of bouncing checks, before the Court of First Instance of Rizal, in Criminal Case No. Q-8078, under the following Information:

"That on or about the 19th day of May 1977, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused,...