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People vs. Mateo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ERVIN Y. MATEO, EVELYN E. MATEO, CARMELITA B. GALVEZ, ROMEO L. ESTEBAN, GALILEO J. SAPORSANTOS AND NENITA S. SAPORSANTOS, ACCUSED, ERVIN Y. MATEO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 210612 | 2017-11-09

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before the Court is an ordinary appeal filed by accused-appellant Ervin Y. Mateo (Mateo) assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), dated July 16, 012, in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04001, which affirmed with modification the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati Cty, Branch 132, in Criminal Case Nos. 03-2936 and 03-2987, finding Mateo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of syndicated estafa, as defined and penalized under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) in relation to Presidential Decree No. 1689[3] (PD 1689), and imposing upon him the...