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People of the Philippines Vs. Grace Calimon, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LOURDES LO, Accused. GRACE CALIMON AND AIDA COMILA, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 175229 | 2009-01-29

DECISION


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

For our consideration is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated January 31, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 00611. The challenged decision amended the May 21, 2001 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 35 (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 00-179745 for illegal recruitment in large scale under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 8042, and in Criminal Case Nos. 00-180519, 00-180520 and 00-180521, all for the crime of estafa under paragraph 2(a), Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.

On April 27, 1999, three separate complaint-affidavits were filed with the Philippine Overseas...