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Erquiga & Orosco vs. Hon CA, RTC 24 & PEOPLE.

ROBERTO ERQUIAGA, and GLENN OROSCO, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 24, Naga City, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 124513 | 2001-10-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review is the decision[1] dated August 30, 1995, of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR No. 14904 affirming with modification the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Naga City, Branch 24, dated March 31, 1993. The RTC of Naga City had found appellants guilty of estafa.

The facts of this case are as follows:

Honesta Bal is a businesswoman who owned a bookstore. Sometime in May 1989, she was contacted by Manuel Dayandante @ Manny Cruz who offered to buy her land in Pili, Camarines Sur. He told Honesta that the company he represented was interested in purchasing her property. On May 5, 1989, Honesta's...