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Arturo S. Esteban vs. CA

ARTURO ESTEBAN y SANTOS, ROGELIO MANGALI, and ISIDRO SORIANO y PERFECTO, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 101671 | 1993-02-09

D E C I S I O N

CAMPOS, JR., J p:

Petitioners Arturo Esteban, Rogelio Mangali, and Isidro Soriano, all employees of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) challenge in this Petition for Review on Certiorari the affirmation * by the Court of Appeals of the judgment ** of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 47, holding them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of qualified theft.

The relevant facts are as follows:

On November 29, 1988, the capacitors installed on the MERALCO posts along Maria Orosa Street were stolen. The loss was discovered by the Line Patrol Team, a special group established by MERALCO to conduct surveillance and...