CASE 2014-0039: LITO CORPUZ, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES (G.R. NO. 180016, 29 APRIL 2014, PERALTA, J.) SUBJECT/S: ESTAFA; PENALTIES IMPOSED ON CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY BASED ON AMOUNT OF DAMAGE; JUDICIAL LEGISLATION. (BRIEF TITLE: CORPUZ VS. PEOPLE)
DISPOSITIVE:
“WHEREFORE, the Petition for Review on Certiorari dated November 5, 2007 of petitioner Lito Corpuz is hereby DENIED. Consequently, the Decision dated March 22, 2007 and Resolution dated September 5, 2007 of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed with modification the Decision dated July 30, 2004 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, San Fernando City, finding petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa under Article 315, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (b) of the Revised Penal Code, are hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION that the penalty imposed is the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment ranging from THREE (3) YEARS, TWO (2) MONTHS and ELEVEN DAYS of prision correccional, as minimum, to FIFTEEN (15) YEARS of reclusion temporal as maximum.
Pursuant to Article 5 of the Revised Penal Code, let a Copy of this Decision be furnished the President of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Justice.
Also, let a copy of this Decision be furnished the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SO ORDERED.”
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