Eduardo Nueva v. People · G.R. 220508

Petitioner: Eduardo Nueva
Respondent: People
Citation: G.R. No. 220508
Court: Supreme Court
Division: Second Division
Ponente: Brion, J.
Decided: January 20, 2016

Criminal liability for estafa involving misappropriation of a 40-footer COMBO chassis worth P150,000

Summary

Eduardo Nueva was convicted of estafa under Article 315(1)(b) of the Revised Penal Code for misappropriating a 40-footer COMBO chassis worth P150,000 belonging to Montemar Customs Brokerage Corporation. The Regional Trial Court of Manila found him guilty and imposed an indeterminate sentence of 4 years, 2 months of prision correccional to 20 years of reclusion temporal, plus civil indemnity of P150,000 and temperate damages of P100,000. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction with modifications. The Supreme Court affirmed but modified the penalty to include interest on monetary awards, applying 12% interest on civil indemnity from information filing until June 30, 2013, then 6% thereafter, and 6% interest on temperate damages from finality until full satisfaction, consistent with recent jurisprudence on interest computation.

Statutes applied

Revised Penal Code Art. 315

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