SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 234274. November 20, 2019.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner,vs. ERLINDA LEDESMA Y ADREANO, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated20 November 2019which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 234274 (People of the Philippines v. Erlinda Ledesma y Adreano). — Considering the allegations, issues, and arguments presented in the Apellant's Supplemental Brief 1 and the Appellee's Brief, 2 the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in its assailed Decision 3 dated March 8, 2017, as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated March 8, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07565 and AFFIRMS the Decision finding Erlinda Ledesma y Adreano guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of Qualified Theft.
However, in light of the passage of Republic Act No. 10951, 4 the penalty imposed is MODIFIED in that Erlinda Ledesma y Adreano is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to seventeen (17) years, six (6) months and twenty (20) days of reclusion temporal, as maximum.
SO ORDERED." (Carandang, J., designated additional member per Raffle dated July 3, 2019 vice Hernando, J.; Zalameda, J., designated additional member per Special Order No. 2724 dated October 25, 2019).
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 48-76.
2.Id. at 20-22.
3Id. at 2-13; penned by Associate Justice Jose C. Reyes, Jr. (now a member of this Court) with Associate Justices Stephen C. Cruz and Ramon Paul L. Hernando (now a member of this Court), concurring.
4. An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of the Property and Damage on which a Penalty is Based and the Fines Imposed under the Revised Penal Code, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code," as amended.