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dispositive portion of the decision reads:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is rendered in these cases as
follows:
1. In Crim. Case No. 06-1275, finding herein accused Ma. Fe Torres Solina
a.k.a. Ma. Fe Baylon Gallo, Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt of Illegal
Recruitment in Large Scale and sentencing her to suffer the indeterminate
penalty of six (6) years and one (1) day as minimum to eight (8) years as
maximum, and to pay a fine in the amount of P200,O00.O0 with subsidiary
liability in case of insolvency;
2. In Crim. Cases Nos. 06-1277 to 06-1282, finding the said accused Ma. Fe
Torres Solina a.k.a. Ma. Fe Baylon Gallo, Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt of
six (6) counts of Estafa under Art. 315, par. 2 (a), Revised Penal Code, and
sentencing her to suffer for each count, the indeterminate penalty of one (1)
year, eight (8) months, and twenty (20) days prision correccional as
minimum to five (5) years, five (5) months, and eleven (11) days of prision
mayor as maximum; to return to each private complainant, namely, Joey P.
Bacolod, Marlon B. dela Cruz, Erwin B. Dela Vega, Gladys Z. Remorento,
Augusto Cezar A. Garces, and Leynard B. Tutanes, the amount of
P20,000.00 as actual damages.
SO ORDERED.
Makati City, October 30, 2007.[10]
Thereafter, accused-appellant filed a Notice of Appeal,[11] thus elevating the cases to
the CA. On March 11, 2010, the CA affirmed the decision of the RTC with modification,
the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:
WHEREFORE, the foregoing considered, the instant appeal is hereby
DENTED. However, the assailed Decision dated 30 October 2007 is
MODIFIED in that the appellant is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of
LIFE IMPRISONMENT as penalty for the crime of illegal recruitment in large
scale and is ordered to pay a line in the amount of P200,000.00 with
subsidiary liability in case of insolvency. No costs.
SO ORDERED.
Thus, the case is now before this Court after accused-appellant filed her Notice of
Appeal on March 24, 2010.[12]
Accused-appellant and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) both adopted their
respective briefs filed before the CA.[13]
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