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LEONILA G. SANTIAGO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

LEONILA G. SANTIAGO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 200233 | 2015-07-15

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
We resolve the Petition for Review on Certiorari filed by petitioner Leonila G. Santiago from the Decision and Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 33566.[1] The CA affirmed the Decision and Order of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Criminal Case No. 7232[2] convicting her of bigamy.
 
THE FACTS
 
Four months after the solemnization of their marriage on 29 July 1997,[3] Leonila G. Santiago and Nicanor F. Santos faced an Information[4] for bigamy. Petitioner pleaded “not guilty,” while her putative husband escaped the...