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Villanueva vs PEOPLE

PAULINO VILLANUEVA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 135098 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

For review, under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, is the decision1 [Rollo, pp. 29-35.] of the Court of Appeals dated May 12, 1998 in CA-G.R. No. 17883, which affirmed the joint judgment2 [Id. at 38-44.] rendered on October 20, 1994 by the Regional Trial Court of Daet, Camarines Norte, Branch 41, in Criminal Cases Nos. 6929, 6940, 6941, 6942, and 6943, finding petitioner guilty of violating Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 22, the Bouncing Checks Law. Also for review is the appellate court's resolution dated August 15, 1998, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The facts, as culled from the records,...