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Juanita A. Aquino Vs. Teresita B. Paiste

JUANITA A. AQUINO, Petitioner, versus TERESITA B. PAISTE, Respondent.

G.R. No. 147782 | 2008-06-25

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

Conspiracy may be deduced from the mode, method, and manner by which the offense was perpetuated, or inferred from the acts of the accused persons themselves when such acts point to a joint purpose and design, concerted action, and community of interests. In this case before us, a series of overt acts of a co-conspirator and her earlier admission of participation documented in an amicable settlement she signed in the presence of counsel, all lead to the conclusion that the co-accused conspired to commit estafa.

The Court of Appeals (CA) culled the facts this way, as established by the prosecution:

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