REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
COURT OF APPEALS
MANILA
FOURTEENTH DIVISION
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, CA-G.R. CR NO. 29250
Plaintiff-appellee,
Members:
REYES, B.L., Chairman
-versus-
LAMPAS PERALTA, and
DIMARANAN-VIDAL, JJ.
Promulgated:
ANALYN DISTOR,
Accused-appellant. ____________________
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DECISION
LAMPAS PERALTA, J.:
Assailed in this appeal is the Decision dated October 26,
20041 in Criminal Case No. 4340-R of Branch 53, Regional Trial
Court, Rosales, Pangasinan finding accused-appellant Analyn
Distor guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of qualified theft
under Article 310, Revised Penal Code.
1 Records, pp. 171-193
CA-G.R. CR NO. 29250
People vs. Distor
DECISION
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THE ANTECEDENTS
Accused-appellant was the cash custodian of Moneyline
Lending Investors Company. Field collectors of the company gave
their daily collections to accused-appellant who in turn deposited
the same to the bank on a daily basis. In the cash and audit
examination conducted by the company, discrepancies were
discovered in the amounts collected and actually deposited by
accused-appellant. Hence, the company conducted an
investigation and it was during the investigation that accused-
appellant executed a handwritten confession.
The factual details, as summarized in the People’s brief, are
as follows:
Sometime in September 2000, Julie Malto,2
the accounting clerk of Moneyline Lending Investors
Company conducted its monthly cash and audit
examination of its branch in Carmen, Pangasinan
based on the Notes and Collection Report and bank
statements submitted by the branch cash custodian.
These Notes and Collection Reports indicated
the weekly collection of the field collectors submitted
daily to the cash custodian, herein accu