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MARGIE BALERTA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

MARGIE BALERTA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 205144 | 2014-11-26

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

REYES, J.:

The instant petition for review on certiorari1 assails the Decision2 rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) on October 31, 2012 in CA-G.R. CR No. 00693 affirming, albeit with modification as to the penalty imposed, the Decision3 dated November 15, 2006 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Branch 66, in Criminal Case No. 99-1103, convicting Margie Balerta (petitioner) of Estafa.
 
Antecedents
 
The Information, dated October 27, 1999, filed against the petitioner before the RTC partially reads as follows:

That on or about May 31, 1999 until June 17, 1999,...