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763. People v.

Ordonez, GR 136591, July 10, 2000


Topic: Sec. 14. Contents of Decision; Petition for Review; Motion for Reconsideration Decision
expressing clearly and distinctly the facts and the law on which it is based Sufficient
Facts:
Complainant Presiono Lorena and Jerry Lozano were illegally recruited by AccusedAppellant by who represented herself as one connected with a recruitment agency and to able
to deploy workers abroad, particularly in Korea. The Accused-Appellant secured the passports
of the complainants, however, when the latter were deployed, they were deported in the
Philippines by reason of lack of sufficient documents. Thereafter, when the complainants saw
the accused-appellant in which each of them confronted the latter. However, Accused Appelants
committed again an Estafa by defrauding complainants as to the place where they will be
deployed was in Korea where in truth and in fact, they were being deployed at the Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. . Accused-appellant contends that the decision of the trial court does

not contain findings of facts as required by Art. VIII, 14 of the 1987 Constitution and
Rule 120, 2 of the Rules on Criminal Procedure and, for this reason, it is void. She
claims that the trial court merely contended itself [with] paraphrasing the testimony of
the witnesses, resulting in a forty (40) page decision. Thereafter, Accused Appellant
bought/file the case over the National Bureau of Investigation.
Issue:
WON the the decision expressing clearly and distinctly the facts and the law on which it
is based Sufficient.
Held:

There is no hard and fast rule as to the form of a decision. Whether or not the trial court
chooses to summarize the testimonies of the witnesses of both parties is
immaterial. What is called for is that the judgment must be written in the official
language, personally and directly prepared, and signed by the judge and that it should
contain clearly and distinctly a statement of facts proved or admitted by the parties and
the law upon which the judgment is based

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