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Lim, Lourdes Valerio vs. PEOPLE

LOURDES VALERIO LIM, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. L-34338 | 1984-11-21

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Petitioner Lourdes Valerio Lim was found guilty of the crime of estafa and was sentenced "to suffer an imprisonment of four (4) months and one (1) day as minimum to two (2) years and four (4) months as maximum, to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P559.50, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs." (p. 14, Rollo)

From this judgment, appeal was taken to the then Court of Appeals which affirmed the decision of the lower court but modified the penalty imposed by sentencing her "to suffer an indeterminate penalty of one (1) month and one (1) day of arresto mayor as...