G.R. No. 228745 - CARLU ALFONSO A. REALIZA, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ruling

WHEREFORE , premised on the foregoing discussion, the Court finds the accused, Carlu Alfonso A. Realiza, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Theft defined and penalized under Article 308 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Article 309 Paragraph 3 of the same Code and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment from 4 months and 21 days of Arresto Mayor Maximum in its Medium Period to 4 years and 2 months of Prision Correccional Medium. The accused is further ordered to pay the private complainant the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred Pesos (P1,600.00) representing the value of the stolen rubber boots, iron pot, and frying pan which are not recovered by the private complainant. SO ORDERED . [11] (Emphasis in the original) Aggrieved, petitioner filed a Notice of Appeal. The case was then raffled to the RTC, Ninth Judicial Region, Branch 6, and was docketed as Criminal Case No. 18037. The RTC Ruling On March 4, 2014, the RTC promulgated its Decision, [12] the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE , finding no reversible error committed by the lower court, the judgment appealed from is hereby AFFIRMED . IT IS SO ORDERED.