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G.R. No. 178836 - Elvira Joson v. People of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

[G.R. NO. 178836 : July 23, 2008]

ELVIRA "ELVIE" JOSON, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

D E C I S I O N

TINGA, J.:

An information1 for estafa was filed against the spouses Elvira Joson (Elvira) and Benjamin Joson (Benjamin), and Elvira's mother, Susan Sunga. Only Elvira was arrested and tried before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 20. She pleaded not guilty at the arraignment.2

The following facts are borne by the prosecution's evidence consisting of the testimony of Elizabeth Pancho (Elizabeth).

Elizabeth was lured by all the accused into making a series of stock investments totaling P610,000.00, with a promise of 6% to 7% interest payment per month. Each investment would mature in three (3) months. This assertion is corroborated by receipts3 signed by Elizabeth and Benjamin and postdated bank checks,4 some of which were issued by Elvira herself.

On 29 November 1997, Elizabeth gave P150,000.00 to the spouses Joson, for which Benjamin issued a receipt and a postdated check.5 Elvira was the one who received the money from Elizabeth.6 Elvira convinced Elizabeth to invest in December as a bonus would be given. Thus, on 3 December 1997, Elizabeth invested another P150,000.00 with the spouses Joson. Again Elvira received the money and Benjamin issued the receipt and the check for the transaction.7 Elizabeth made further investments of P200,000.00 on 10 January 1998 and P85,000.00 on 14 January 1998. In these transactions, Elvira was the one who received the money from Elizabeth and it was she who also typed the entries in the blank receipts and checks which already bore the signature of Benjamin.8 According to Elizabeth she first invested P25,000.00 with Benjamin on 22 October 1997, as evidenced by a receipt and a check issued by Benjamin. It was only in this October transaction that Elvira had no participation at all.9

On 22 January 1998, Elizabeth went to the house of the spouses Joson to encash the check which was then already due, but she was told by Benjamin that the interest payment would be temporarily stopped because their money was frozen in the stock market. Elizabeth demanded the return of her capital; she even cried and pleaded with them to return even just half of it. Elvira issued three (3) checks for P15,000.00 each. Elvira signed the checks in front of Elizabeth.10 No receipt or proof that her money was invested in the stock market was given to her.11 Out of her P610,000.00 investment, only P79,500.00 was returned to her.12 Benjamin executed a promissory note dated 1 February 199813 wherein he undertook to pay P75,000.00 on or before 14 April 1998, and the balance of P535,000.00 in installment on various dates.14

In her defense, Elvira denied having ever known Elizabeth.15 And as part of her testimony, the defense presented brokerage receipts16 which showed that Benjamin bought and sold stocks on various dates.17 Benjamin told Elvira that he was not able to pay the investors because of the 1997 Asian economic crisis.

The RTC found Elvira guilty beyond reasonable doubt of estafa.18 A notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals was filed.19

In a Decision dated 28 February 2007, the Court of Appeals affirmed the RTC's judgment of conviction but modified the penalty.20 Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, the appellate court sentenced Elvira to an indeterminate penalty of four (4) years and two (2) months of prision correccional as the minimum penalty, to twenty (20) years of reclusion temporal as the maximum penalty.21

The Motion for Reconsideration22 was denied by the Court of Appeals in a Resolution dated 20 April 2007.23 Hence, the present petition.

The lone issue presented for resolution is whether or not Elvira was correctly found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of estafa by the RTC and the Court of Appeals.

To begin with, this Court does not have the duty or function of weighing and sifting through the evidence presented below. As a rule, only questions of law may be raised in a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. Questions of fact are not proper subjects in such mode of appeal.24 Not one of the exceptions laid down by jurisprudence25 is present in this case. Moreover, findings of fact of the Court of Appeals affirming those of the trial court are accorded great respect, even finality, by this Court.26

A detailed review of the records shows that the courts a quo were correct in finding Elvira guilty as charged. We find no reason to disturb the RTC's findings and conclusions, affirmed no less by the Court of Appeals, that she was indeed part of the conspiracy to bilk Elizabeth of her money.

Under Article 315, paragraph 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code, swindling or estafa by false pretenses or fraudulent acts executed prior to or simultaneously with the commission of the fraud is committed by "using fictitious name, or falsely pretending to possess power, influence, qualifications, property, credit, agency, business, or imaginary transactions, or by other similar deceits." The elements of estafa under this penal provision are: (1) the accused defrauded another by means of deceit and (2) damage or prejudice capable of pecuniary estimation is caused to the offended party or third party.27

It is not disputed that the accused failed to pay the expected returns on Elizabeth's investment, and neither did they return the actual amount of her investments. What needs to be determined therefore is whether or not the element of defraudation by means of deceit has been established beyond reasonable doubt.

In the case of People v. Menil, Jr.,28 the Court has defined fraud and deceit in this wise:

Fraud, in its general sense, is deemed to comprise anything calculated to deceive, including all acts, omissions, and concealment involving a breach of legal or equitable duty, trust, or confidence justly reposed, resulting in damage to another, or by which an undue and unconscientious advantage is taken of another.ςηαñrοblεš �νιr†υαl �lαω �lιbrαrÿ

It is a generic term embracing all multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise, and which are resorted to by one individual to secure an advantage over another by false suggestions or by suppression of truth and includes all surprise, trick, cunning, dissembling and any unfair way by which another is cheated.chanrobles virtual law library On the other hand, deceit is the false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of that which should have been disclosed which deceives or is intended to deceive another so that he shall act upon it to his legal injury.chanrobles virtual law library

It was proven beyond reasonable doubt that Elvira and her co-conspirators employed fraud and deceit on Elizabeth to induce her to invest with them. The inducement was their assurance to Elizabeth that the latter's investment in publicly traded stocks would yield returns of 6 % interest per month. Lured by the false promise of quick financial gains, Elizabeth readily turned over her money to Elvira and her co-conspirators.

The denial of Elvie that she knew or had met Elizabeth cannot stand against the straightforward and explicit testimony of the latter, who had identified the former as one of the persons who enticed her to part with her money and invest it in the stock market upon the representation that a 6% monthly rate of return would be given to her. In fact, it was Elvira who convinced Elizabeth to make an additional investment on 3 December 1997 upon the promise that a bonus would accrue in her favor after her 29 November 1997 investment.29 Elvira even issued her own checks to Elizabeth.30 And being a co-conspirator in the crime, the fact that Elvira did not sign the receipt for the money invested does not cast doubt on her culpability as she was the one who actually received the money.31 Even at times when Benjamin was not around when Elizabeth made her investments, it was Elvira who filled in and issued the blank receipts already containing Benjamin's signature.32

It has been held by this Court that where one states that the future profits or income of an enterprise shall be a certain sum, but he actually knows that there will be none, or that they will be substantially less than he represents, the statements constitute an actionable fraud where the hearer believes him and relies on the statement to his injury.33 In the present case, it is abundantly clear that the profits which Elvira and her co-conspirators promised to Elizabeth would not be realized.

As to the penalty, the Court of Appeals was correct in its application of the Indeterminate Sentence Law.34 The Court held in a catena of cases that in computing the penalty for estafa, the fact that the amounts involved exceed P22,000.00 should not be considered in the initial determination of the indeterminate penalty; instead the matter should be taken as analogous to modifying circumstances in the imposition of the maximum term of the full indeterminate sentence.35 Since the penalty prescribed by law for estafa,36 if the amount of fraud is over P12,000.00 but does not exceed P22,000.00, is prision correccional maximum to prision mayor minimum, the penalty next lower would then be prision correccional in its minimum to medium periods. Thus, the minimum term of the indeterminate sentence should be anywhere within six (6) months and one (1) day to four (4) years and two (2) months while the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence should at least be six (6) years and one (1) day because the amounts involved exceeded P22,000.00, plus one (1) year for each additional P10,000.00. The maximum penalty should not exceed twenty years. In connection with the accessory penalties which may be imposed and for the purpose of the other provisions of the Revised Penal Code, the penalty shall be termed prision mayor or reclusion temporal, as the case may be.37

The Court's application of the penalty imposed under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to the Indeterminate Sentence Law is in consonance with the legislative intent to favor the defendant in a criminal case with a view to shorten his term of imprisonment. The purpose of the law is "to uplift and redeem valuable human material, and prevent unnecessary and excessive deprivation of personal liberty and economic usefulness."38

WHEREFORE, the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 29906 is AFFIRMED. Costs against petitioner.

SO ORDERED.

Endnotes:


1 Records, pp. 1-2. The dispositive portion of the information in Criminal Case No. 99-170819 reads:

That sometime in February, 1997, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping one another, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously defraud ELIZABETH B. PANCHO in the following manner, to wit: the said accused, by means of false manifestations and fraudulent representations which they made to the said ELIZABETH B. [PANCHO] to the effect that they are engaged in a financing business and that if she would invest with them, they would give her a 6% to 7% monthly interest which will be regularly renewed every three months with the interest being paid either [in] cash or in postdated checks on their investment and by means of other deceits of similar import, induced and succeeded in inducing the said ELIZABETH B. PANCHO to give and deliver, as in fact she gave and delivered the amount of P 610,000.00, on the strength of said manifestations and representations, the said accused well knowing that the same were false and untrue and were made solely to obtain, as in fact, they did obtain the said amount of P 610,000.00, which once in their possession, with intent to defraud, they misappropriated, misapplied and converted the said amount to their own personal use and benefit, to the damage and prejudice of the said ELIZABETH B. PANCHO in the aforesaid amount of P 610,000.00, Philippines currency.

Contrary to law.

2 Id. at 7.

3 Index of Exhibits, pp. 1, 3-4, 6-7. Except for the dates, amount invested, and interest rate, the pro forma receipt reads:

Received from Elizabeth B. Pancho the sum of P (amount invested) for the use of trading stocks publicly listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). The term is monthly @ 6% per month (the receipt dated 3 December 1997 gives a 7% interest rate for the first month) due on (maturity date - - 3 months from date of investment).

Sgd.
ELIZABETH B. PANCHO
Sgd.
BENJAMIN L. JOSON

Date: (Date of execution/investment)

4 Id. at 2, 5.

5 TSN, 8 May 2000, pp. 2-4.

6 Id. at 4.

7 Id. at 4-5.

8 Id. at 5-7.

9 Id. at 7-8.

10 Id. at 8-11.

11 Id. at 9.

12 Id. at 11.

13 Index of Exhibits, pp. 27-28.

14 TSN, 8 May 2000, pp. 13-14.

15 TSN, 18 April 2005, pp. 3-4.

16 Index of Exhibits, pp. 11-26.

17 TSN, 18 April 2005, 4-9.

18 Record, pp. 68-72. Penned by Judge Marivic T. Balisi-Umali. The dispositive portion of the decision reads as follows:

Premises considered, the Court finds accused Elvira Joson guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime charged and she is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of six (6) years and one (1) day of prision correctional as minimum to eighteen (18) years of reclusion temporal as maximum, to pay ELIZABETH PANCHO P530,500.00 as civil liability and to pay cost.

SO ORDERED. (Id. at 72)

19 Id. at 74.

20 Rollo, pp. 71-86. The decision was penned by Associate Justice Fernanda Lampas Peralta, and concurred in by Associate Justices Edgardo Cruz and Normandie Pizarro.

21 Id. at 85-86.

22 Id. at 87-90.

23 Id. at 104.

24 Perez v. Court of Appeals, 374 Phil. 388, 409-410 (1999).

25 Fuentes v. CA, 335 Phil. 1163, 1168-1169, (1997). In this cited case, the Court said that the findings of fact of the CA could admit of review:

(1) when the factual findings of the Court of Appeals and the trial court are contradictory;

(2) when the findings are grounded entirely on speculation, surmises, or conjectures;

(3) when the inference made by the Court of Appeals from its findings of fact is manifestly mistaken, absurd, or impossible;

(4) when there is grave abuse of discretion in the appreciation of facts;

(5) when the appellate court, in making its findings, goes beyond the issues of the case, and such findings are contrary to the admissions of both appellant and appellee;

(6) when the judgment of the Court of Appeals is premised on a misapprehension of facts;

(7) when the Court of Appeals fails to notice certain relevant facts which, if properly considered, will justify a different conclusion;

(8) when the findings of fact are themselves conflicting;

(9) when the findings of fact are conclusions without citation of the specific evidence on which they are based; andcralawlibrary

(10) when the findings of fact of the Court of Appeals are premised on the absence of evidence but such findings are contradicted by the evidence on record.

26 De la Cruz v. CA, 333 Phil. 126, 135 (1996). See also Castillo v. Court of Appeals, 329 Phil. 150, 159 (1996); Verdejo v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 106018, 5 December 1994, 238 SCRA 781, 784; Navallo v. Sandiganbayan, 18 July 1994, 234 SCRA 175, 185-186,; People v. Cabalhin, G.R. No. 100204, 28 March 1994, 231 SCRA 486, 496; Lim v. Court of Appeals, 3 February 1994, 229 SCRA 616, 621; and Tay Chun Suy v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 93640, 7 January 1994, 229 SCRA 151, 156.

27 De la Cruz v. CA, 333 Phil. 126, 138 (1996), citing People v. Bautista, 241 SCRA 216, 222, 9 February 1995.

28 394 Phil. 433, 452 (2000). See also People v. Romero, G. R. No. 112985, 21 April 1999, 365 Phil. 531, 540-541; Sim Jr. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 159280, 18 May 2004, 428 SCRA 459, 468.

29 TSN, 8 May 2000, p. 5.

30 Id. at 10-11. See also Index of Exhibits, pp.2, 5.

31 Id. at 3-5.

32 Id. at 5-6.

33 People v. Balasa, 356 Phil. 362, 387 (1998).

34 Act No. 4103, Section 1. Hereafter, in imposing a prison sentence for an offense punished by the Revised Penal Code, or its amendments, the court shall sentence the accused to an indeterminate sentence the maximum term of which shall be that which in view of the attending circumstances, could be properly imposed under the rules of the said Code, and the minimum which shall be within the range of the penalty next lower to that prescribed by the Code for the offense; and if the offense is punished by any other law, the court shall sentence the accused to an indeterminate sentence, the maximum term of which shall not exceed the maximum fixed by said law and the minimum shall not be less than the minimum term prescribed by the same.

35 People v. Hernando, 335 Phil. 242, 257 (1997); People v. Benemerito, 332 Phil. 710, 730 (1996); People v. Gabres, 335 Phil. 242, 257 (1997); People v. Menil, Jr., 394 Phil. 433, 459-460 (2000); People v. Logan, 414 Phil. 113, 127-128 (2001); People v. Gallardo, 436 Phil. 698, 716 (2002); Garcia v. People, 451 Phil. 713, 724 (2003); Vasquez v. People, G.R. No. 159255, 28 January 2008, 542 SCRA 520, 526-528.

36 Revised Penal Code, Art. 315.

37 Supra note 35.

38 People v. Ducosin, 59 Phil. 109, 117 (1933); People v. Oñate, 168 Phil. 212-222 (1977); People v. Nang Kay, 88 Phil. 515, 519 (1951).




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  • G.R. No. 165952 - Aneco Reality and Dev't Corp. v. Landex Development Corp.

  • G.R. No. 166097 - Board of Medicine, Dr. Raul Flores, et al. v. Yasuyuki Ota

  • G.R. No. 166211 - Asian Terminal Inc. v. Nepthally B. Sallao and Asian Terminals, Inc. etc.

  • G.R. No. 166510 - People of the Philippines v. Benjamin T. Romualdez, et al.

  • G.R. No. 166785 - Oroport Carholding Services Inc. etc. v. Phividec Industrial Authority

  • G.R. No. 166802 - Sps. Alberto Gutierrez and Epifania Gutierrez v. Sps. Rogelio and Josephine Valiente, Hon. Alexander Tamayo etc & Sheriff IV, Pablo Glorioso

  • G.R. No. 166886 - Mattel, Inc. v. Emma Francisco, et al.

  • G.R. No. 167058 - PNB v. Sps. Tomas Cab A Tingan & Agapita Edullantes rep by Ramiro Diaz as their attorney-in-fact

  • G.R. No. 167274 - Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Fortune Tobacco Corporation

  • G.R. No. 168111 - Antonio Tan, et al. v. Amelito Ballena, et al.

  • G.R. No. 168252 - Eugenio Mabagos v. Orlando Maningas, et al.

  • G.R. No. 168263 - Sps. Edgardo & Natividad Fidel v. Hon. CA, Heirs of the late Primitivo Espineli etc.

  • G.R. No. 168546 - Michael Padua v. People of the Philippines

  • G.R. No. 168667 - Sps. Alfredo & Ma. Lourdes V. Almonte v. Clarita Alcala, et al.

  • G.R. No. 168723 - Dole Phils., Inc v. Hon. Reinato G. Quilala etc. and All Season Farm Corp.

  • G.R. No. 168753 - Philimare, Inc. / Marlow Navigation Co. Ltd., Bonifacio & Alberto Gomez v. Benedicto F. Suganob

  • G.R. No. 168985 - Accessories Specialists Inc. etc., et al. v. Erlinda B. Alabanza etc.

  • G.R. No. 169008 - Land Bank of the Philippines v. Raymunda Martinez

  • G.R. No. 169298 - Law Firm of Tungol & Tibayan v. CA & Sps. Renato M. Ingco & Ma. Luisa S. Ingco

  • G.R. No. 169691 - Pedrito Salmorin v. Dr. Pedro Zaldivar

  • G.R. No. 170202 - Optimum Motor Center Corporation v. Annie Tan etc.

  • G.R. No. 170539 - Heirs of Leticia Lopez-Cuevas rep by Emilio Aytona, Jr. v. Republic of the Phil.

  • G.R. No. 170934 - National Power Corporation v. East Asia Utilities Corp & Cebu Private Power Corp.

  • G.R. No. 171310 - People of the Phil. v. Sanny Cabacaba Y Gayoso

  • G.R. No. 171435 - Anthony T. Reyes v. Pearlbank Securities Inc.

  • G.R. No. 171707 - Spouses Wilfredo and Angela Amoncio v. Aaron Go Benedicto

  • G.R. No. 170516 - AKBAYAN v. Aquino, et al.

  • G.R. No. 171729 - People of the Philippines v. Ricardo Bohol Y Cabrino

  • G.R. No. 172031 - Juanito Talidano v. Falcon Maritimes & Allied Services, Inc., et al

  • G.R. No. 172146 - Rodolfo Cornes, et al. v. Leal Realty Centrum Co., Inc., et al.

  • G.R. No. 172167 - Soledad E. Dizon, Corazon, Cynthia, Jennifer, Julie Espinosa, Gelacio R. Espinosa, Jr. & Joselito R. Espinosa v. Rodrigo G. Tuazon and Estrella M. Tuazon

  • G.R. No. 172263 : July 9, 2008 - SPOUSES AUTHER G. KELLEY, JR. and DORIS A. KELLEY, Complainants, v. PLANTERS PRODUCTS, INC. and JORGE A. RAGUTANA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 172580 - Lourdesita M. Bibas v. Office of the Ombudsman, et al.

  • G.R. No. 172592 - Sps. Wilfredo N. Ong & Edna Sheila Paguio-Ong v. Roban Lending Corp.

  • G.R. No. 172869 - People of the Philippines v. Donato Bulasag Y Arellano

  • G.R. No. 172895 - Union Bank of the Phil. v. ASB Devt. Corp.

  • G.R. No. 172974 - People of the Philippines v. Cesar Arenas

  • G.R. No. 173002 - Benjamin Bautista v. Shirley G. Unangst and Other Unknown Persons

  • G.R. No. 173354 - Heirs of Fortunata Muyalde etc. v. Bonifacio Reyes, Jr.

  • G.R. No. 173430 - GSIS v. Felomino S. Casco

  • G.R. No. 173566 - Solar Resources Inc. v. Inland Trail Ways Inc.

  • G.R. No. 174016 - Severino C. Baltazar etc. v. People of the Philippines and Armando C. Bautista

  • G.R. No. 174042 - City of Naga as rep by Mayor Jesse M. Robredo v. Hon. Elvi John S. Asuncion etc.

  • G.R. No. 174134 - First Planters Pawnshop Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

  • G.R. No. 174466 - ACI Phil. Inc. v. Editha C. Coquia

  • G.R. No. 174659 - People of the Philippines v. Raga Sarapida Mamantak & Likas Sarapida Taurak

  • G.R. No. 174698 - Aurora Tamayo v. People of the Philippines and Heirs of Pedro Sotto

  • G.R. No. 175118 - Solidstate Multi-Purpose Corp. v. Sps. Erlinda Catienza-Vaillaverde & Victor Villaverde

  • G.R. No. 175479 - People of the Phil. v. Bienvenido Payot, Jr. Y Salabao

  • G.R. No. 175510 - Sps. Victor Valdez and Jocelyn Valdez etc. v. Sps. Francisco & Caridad Tabisula

  • G.R. No. 175589 - People of the Philippines v. Cerillo Tambis

  • G.R. No. 176062 - People of the Philippines v. Efren Custodio Y Esteban

  • G.R. No. 176448 - Jose S. Dailisan v. CA and Heirs of the late Federico Pugao etc.

  • G.R. No. 176664 - Bank of the Phil. Islands v. Sps. Reynaldo and Victoria Royeca

  • G.R. No. 176929 - Inocencio Y. Lucasan etc. v. Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp etc.

  • G.R. No. 176995 - Pablo D. Acaylar, Jr. v. Danilo G. Harayo

  • G.R. No. 177120 - Paul R. Irao v. By the Bay Inc.

  • G.R. No. 177144 - People of the Phil. v. Diosdado Codilan Y Palajurin

  • G.R. No. 177526 - Philippine Savings Bank v. Chowking Food Corporation

  • G.R. No. 177576 - Universal Staffing Services, Inc. v. NLRC and Grace M. Morales

  • G.R. No. 177597 & G.R. No. 178628 - People of the Phil. v. Samuel and Loreta Vanzuela

  • G.R. No. 178083 - Flight Attendants & Stewards Association of the Philippines v. PAL, Inc., et al.

  • G.R. No. 178256 - Dept. of Transportation and Communications v. Rolando Cruz

  • G.R. No. 178266 - People of the Phil. v. Samuel and Loreta Vanzuela

  • G.R. No. 178366 - Dominador A. Mocorro, Jr. v. Rodito Ramirez

  • G.R. No. 178830, G.R. No. 179317 & G.R. No. 179613 - Rolex Suplico v. NEDA / Amsterdam Holdings v. DOTC / Galeleo P. Angeles v. DOTC

  • G.R. No. 178836 - Elvira Joson v. People of the Philippines

  • G.R. No. 178907 - Flora N. Flores herein rep. by her Attys-in-f act Jose Navarro & Erlinda Navarro v. Sps. Lucas & Zenaida Quitalig

  • G.R. No. 179036 - People of the Philippines v. Carlito Mateo y Patawid

  • G.R. No. 179245 - Rash C. Roque v. Court of Appeals, Civil Service Commissions, et al.

  • G.R. No. 179478 - People of the Philippines v. Jinggoy Mateo y Rodriguez

  • G.R. No. 180425 - Felix Rait v. The People of the Philippines

  • G.R. No. 180448 - The People of the Philippines v. Budoy Gonzales y Lacdang

  • G.R. No. 180499 - The People of the Phil. v. Conrado Cacayan

  • G.R. No. 180511 - People of the Philippines v. Marilyn Naquita y Cibulo

  • G.R. No. 180832 - Jerome Castro v. People of the Philippines

  • G.R. No. 181086 - People of the Philippines v. Alfredo Natan

  • G.R. No. 182701 - Eusebio Eugenio K. Lopez v. Commission on Election, et al.