G.R. NO. 160540 - VICIA D. PASCUAL, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Accordingly, the trial court declared: WHEREFORE, premises considered, it having been proven beyond reasonable [doubt] the guilt of [petitioner] VICIA DAVID PASCUAL in Criminal Case No. 98-1015, for the crime of estafa under [Article 315,] paragraph 1 [b], as principal, with no aggravating and mitigating circumstances, she is hereby sentenced to an indeterminate prison term penalty of four [4] years two [2] months of prision correcional in its medium period, as minimum to twenty [20] years of reclusion temporal in its medium period, as maximum; to indemnify complainant Assumption College Parents Council the amount of P578,208.96 with legal interest thereon from the date of the filing of the information until fully paid; and to pay the costs. For failure to prosecute, Criminal Case No. 98-1014 is hereby dismissed. SO ORDERED.