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PEOPLE Vs. Elvis Sanchez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELVIS SANCHEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122508 | 1998-06-26

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J:

This appeal assails the 24th July 1995 decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, Branch 6, finding appellant Elvis Sanchez guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of illegal recruitment in large scale (Criminal Case No. 12357-R) and three (3) counts of estafa (Criminal Cases No. 12359-R, No. 12360-R and No. 12362-R) and sentencing him accordingly.

Appellant was charged, on 25 November 1993, with violation of Article 38(b) of Presidential Decree No. 442 (Labor Code), as amended, for illegal recruitment in large scale. The information averred -

"That during the period from the month of...