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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANGEL MATEO Y JACINTO AND VICENTA LAPIZ Y MEDINA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANGEL MATEO Y JACINTO AND VICENTA LAPIZ Y MEDINA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 198012 | 2015-04-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

This is an appeal from the February 17, 2011 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 02366, which denied the appeal brought therewith and affirmed the May 31, 2006 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 40 in Criminal Cases Nos. 99-176598 and 99-176599 to 603. The RTC convicted Angel Mateo y Jacinto (Mateo) and Vicenta Lapiz y Medina (Lapiz) a.k.a. "Vicky Mateo" (appellants) of the crime of illegal recruitment in large scale under Republic Act No. 8042 (RA 8042), otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of...