Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions > Year 2010 > April 2010 Resolutions > [G.R. No. 178774 : April 14, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE -VERSUS- MARLYN P. BACOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. :

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated 14 April 2010:

G.R. No. 178774 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee -versus- MARLYN P. BACOS, accused-appellant.

Considering the issues and arguments raised in the appeal, the Court resolves to:

(1) ADOPT the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Court of Appeals in the decision dated April 18, 2007 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01713 which affirmed the decision dated November 14, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 79, Quezon City in Criminal Case No. Q-96-65212 finding Marlyn P. Bacos a.k.a. Marlyn Bacos y Pallones guilty beyond reasonable of illegal recruitment in large scale to which she was sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay the amount of P100,000.00 as fine;

(2) DENY the appeal for failure to sufficiently show a reversible error committed by the Court of Appeals in the assailed decision; and

(3) MODIFY the decision of the Court of Appeals in that Marlyn P. Bacos is ordered to indemnify the complainants the following amounts:

(a) Cynthia Deza - P20,000.00;
(b) Elizabeth Paculan - P10,000.00; and
(c) Ramelo Gualvez P5,000.00

representing the placement fees paid by the above complainants with 12% legal interest per annum that shall be reckoned from the filing of the information until the finality of the judgment.

In all other respects, the decision of the Court of Appeals is AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.

WITNESS the Honorable Antonio T. Carpio, Chairperson, Honorable Arturo D. Brion, Mariano C. Del Castillo, Roberto A. Abad and Jose P. Perez, Members, Second Division, this 14th day of April, 2010.