Wong v. Court of Appeals · G.R. 117857

Petitioner: Wong
Respondent: Court of Appeals
Citation: G.R. No. 117857
Court: Supreme Court
Division: Second Division
Ponente: Quisumbing, J.
Decided: June 25, 2001

Summary

This Supreme Court Resolution addressed Luis S. Wong's motion for reconsideration of his conviction for violating BP Blg. 22 (Bouncing Checks Law). Wong specifically challenged the computation of civil indemnity, arguing that the amount of P18,025.00 erroneously included checks from another case where he was acquitted. The Court found this argument meritorious and corrected the civil indemnity to P15,285.00, representing the actual face value of the three checks involved in the present case. The Court maintained the criminal fines totaling P30,570.00 (double the face value of each check) and deleted the imprisonment penalty per AC No. 12-2000. This case demonstrates the Court's willingness to correct computational errors in criminal penalties while maintaining the substantive criminal liability under special penal laws.

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