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Alfredo Rigor vs. People

ALFREDO RIGOR,Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 144887 | 2004-11-17

DECISION

AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. CR No. 18855, which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Branch 163, in Criminal Case No. 86025, convicting petitioner Alfredo Rigor of violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 (the Bouncing Checks Law), and imposing upon him the penalty of imprisonment for six (6) months and ordering him to restitute to the Rural Bank of San Juan the sum of P500,000 and to pay the costs.

The Information[1] against petitioner reads:

That on or about the 16th day of November 1989 in the Municipality of San Juan, Metro Manila,...