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FIRST DIVISION
G.R. No. 175229
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
Present:
PUNO, C.J.,*
- versus -
QUISUMBING,**
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ,***
CORONA,****
CARPIO MORALES,*** and
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, JJ.
LOURDES LO,
Accused.
GRACE CALIMON AND AIDA
COMILA,
Accused-Appellants.
Promulgated:
January 29, 2009
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DECISION
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
For our consideration is an appeal from the Decision
[1]
dated January 31, 2006 of the Court
of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 00611. The challenged decision amended the May 21,
2001 Decision
[2]
of the Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 35 (RTC), in Criminal Case No.
00-179745 for illegal recruitment in large scale under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 8042, and
in Criminal Case Nos. 00-180519, 00-180520 and 00-180521, all for the crime of estafa under
paragraph 2(a), Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.
On April 27, 1999, three separate complaint-affidavits were filed with the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration (POEA) charging Lourdes Lo (Lo) and accused-appellants Grace
Calimon (Calimon) and Aida Comila (Comila) with illegal recruitment and estafa. The
complaints were initiated by Fe Magnaye,
[3]
[4]
[5]
Lucila Agramon,
and Daisy Devanadera.
On May 6, 1999, the POEA, referred the matter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and
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