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MEL CARPIZO CANDELARIA, PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

MEL CARPIZO CANDELARIA, PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209386 | 2014-12-08

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari1 are the Decision2 dated January 31, 2013 and the Resolution3 dated September 3, 2013 rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR. No. 34470 which affirmed the conviction of petitioner for the crime of Qualified Theft.

The Facts
 
In the morning of August 23, 2006, Viron Transit Corporation (Viron) ordered 14,000 liters of diesel fuel (diesel fuel) allegedly worth P497,000.00 from United Oil Petroleum Phils. (Unioil), a company owned by private complainant Jessielyn Valera Lao (Lao).4 Petitioner Mel Carpizo...