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G.R. No. 80812
G.R. No. 80812
SECOND DIVISION
SYLLABUS
DECISION
NOCON, J.:
This is a petition for review on certiorari to annul and set aside the
Resolution dated October 7, 1987 of the Court of Appeals 1
dismissing petitioner’s appeal in CA-G.R. No. 04348 denying the
admission of her appellant’s brief as well as the Resolution dated
November 9, 1987 2 denying petitioner’s Motion for
Reconsideration. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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"That in or about July, 1984, in the City of Manila, Philippines, and
within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named
accused, by falsely representing herself to have the capacity to
contract, enlist and recruit workers for employment abroad, did
then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, for a fee, recruit
and promise employment/job placement to Ronillo Fangon, Danilo
Gerardo and Jaime Estillore, Jr., without first securing the required
license or authority from the Ministry of Labor and Employment." 3
On May 28, 1986, a decision was rendered by the trial court finding
petitioner guilty as charged, the dispositive portion of which
reads: jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
On August 24, 1987, petitioner filed her Motion for New Trial which
was denied on September 8, 1987.
"The period for filing the appellant’s brief has long expired. In the
resolution of August 18, 1987, the Court, taking into account the
considerable delay occasioned by the request for extensions of time
filed by the accused-appellant, finally resolved to deny further
extension of ninety (90) days as requested in her motion dated
August 3, 1987. The result is that the decision of the trial court is
now final and executory.
The filing of petitioner’s motion for new trial in the appellate court
does not suspend the period for filing appellant’s brief which was
due to expire on August 12, 1987. When petitioner filed her motion
for new trial, she did not take any step to file her appellant’s brief,
but simply waited for the resolution of said motion which was
subsequently denied by the appellate court. Considering that the
appellate court had already denied petitioner’s motion for the
suspension of the period to file the appellants brief in his Resolution
dated August 18, 1987 and only allowed petitioner to file a motion
for new trial provided that the decision of the trial court has not yet
become final on account of petitioner’s failure to file her appellant’s
brief, petitioner cannot assume that the filing of the motion for new
trial automatically suspended the running of the period within
which to file the appellant’s brief, since such assumption is not
supported by the Rules of Court or any other authority. As correctly
pointed out by the appellate court in its Resolution: chanrobles virtual lawlibrary
"Anyway, the failure of her former counsel to ask for new trial in
the court below based on this ground does not constitute accident
or excusable neglect. The accused-appellant herself is negligent.
Knowing that she had a pending criminal case, it was incumbent
upon her to inquire from her counsel what the status of the case
was.
SO ORDERED.
Endnotes:
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1. Penned by Justice Vicente V. Mendoza with the
concurrence of Justice Manuel G. Herrera and Justice
Jorge S. Imperial.
2. Rollo, p. 13.
3. CA-Rollo, p. 5.
4. Id., p. 21.
5. Rollo, p. 14.
8. Id.
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