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MARIETA DE CASTRO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

MARIETA DE CASTRO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 171672 | 2015-02-02

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The court should prescribe the correct penalties in complex crimes in strict observance of Article 48 of the Revised Penal Code. In estafa through falsification of commercial documents, the court should impose the penalty for the graver offense in the maximum period. Otherwise, the penalty prescribed is invalid, and will not attain finality.
 
Antecedents
 
The petitioner, a bank teller of the BPI Family Savings Bank (BPI Family) at its branch in Malibay, Pasay City, appeals the affirmance of her conviction for four counts of estafa through falsification of a commercial...