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PEOPLE vs Leonida Merix

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONIDA MERIS y PADILLA, accused-appellant.

G.R Nos. 117145-50 & 117447 | 2000-03-28

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an appeal from the Joint Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 1, convicting accused-appellant Leonida Meris y Padilla of illegal recruitment in large-scale and six counts of estafa. The dispositive portion of the decision1 [Records, Criminal Case 91-94192-97, pp. 192-193.] reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, this court finds the accused, Leonida Meris y Padilla, GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt of six (6) counts of estafa in Criminal Cases Nos. 91-94192 to 91-94197, and of illegal recruitment in large scale in Criminal Case No. 91-94198 and, as a consequence thereof, sentences her as...