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People vs. Leocadio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EMMA LEOCADIO Y SALAZAR AND SHERRYL LEOCADIO Y SALAZAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 237697 | 2020-07-15

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
On appeal is the June 29, 2017 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 02220 which affirmed with modifications the September 24, 2015 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 20, Cebu City in Criminal Case No. CBU-93590, finding accused-appellants Emma Leocadio y Salazar and Sherryl Leocadio y Salazar guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 6 (a) and (c), in relation to Sections 4 (a) and 3, and penalized under Section 10 (a) and (c) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in...