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THIRD DIVISION
CARMEN RITUALO y RAMOS,
Petitioner,
G. R. No. 178337
Present:
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.,
CHICO-NAZARIO,
VELASCO, JR.,
PERALTA, and
BERSAMIN,* JJ.
- versus -
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.
Promulgated:
June 25, 2009
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DECISION
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
[1]
For review is the Decision of the Court of Appeals promulgated on 23 April 2007
in CA-G.R. CR. No. 29393 entitled, People of the Philippines v. Carmen Ritualo y Ramos,
affirming with modification, the Decision
[2]
dated 1 December 2004 of the Regional Trial
Court (RTC), Branch 199, Las Pias City, in Criminal Cases No. 01-0076 and No. 01-0077.
In this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of
Court, petitioner Carmen Ritualo y Ramos (petitioner Ritualo) prays for the reversal of the
appellate courts decision affirming with modification the decision of the trial court finding
her guilty beyond reasonable doubt of [committing] the crimes of x x x Simple Illegal
Recruitment [defined and punished] under Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8042, otherwise
[3]
[4]
known as the Migrant Workers Act of 1995, and Estafa.
This case originated from two Informations, both dated 2 January 2001, which
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