6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly MOISES DEJOLDE, JR. GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt x x x of the crime charged against him. There being no aggravating and mitigating circumstances and applying the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence Law, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of 4 years, 2 months and 1 day of prision correccional, as minimum, to 20 years of reclusion temporal, as maximum. He is further ordered to pay unto Naty Loman y Nabehet the amount of Php350,000.00 by way of actual damages plus interest at the legal rate from the date the Information was filed until the said amount is fully paid. SO ORDERED.[7] Ruling of the Court of Appeals Appellant elevated the case to the CA. On July 31, 2014, the CA rendered the assailed Decision, affirming the RTC Decision with modifications. The CA increased to P1,000,000.00 the fine imposed in the case of illegal recruitment in large scale pursuant to Section 7 of RA 8042 and People v. Chua, [8] as well modified the indeterminate sentence imposed in the estafa cases, to wit: WHEREFORE, the instant appeal is DENIED. Accordingly, the Decision of Branch 60, Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, dated 03 April 2010, is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION, thus: 'WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court hereby renders as follows: 1) In Criminal Case No. 27516-R, the Court finds the accused MOISES S. DEJOLDE, JR., GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal recruitment in a large scale. He is sentenced to suffer penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of one million (P1,000,000.00) pesos. 2) In Criminal Case No. [27602-R], the Court finds the accused MOISES S. DEJOLDE, JR., GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime charged against him. There being no aggravating and mitigating circumstances and applying the provisions of Indeterminate Sentence Law, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of four (4) years and two (2) months of prision correccional, as minimum, to twenty (20) years of reclusion temporal, as maximum. He is further ordered to pay unto Jessie Doculan y elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63835 4/7

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