Amendment of 4 Separate Informations of Illegal Recruitment Into 1 Information for the "Non-Bailable" Crime of Large Scale Illegal Recruitment : Fronda-Baggao vs. People, G.R. No. 151785, December 10, 2007

D E C I S I O N

(1^st Division)

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

I.      THE FACTS

Four (4) separate Informations for [simple] illegal recruitment were filed against petitioner Susan Fronda-Baggao. Before arraignment, and while the accused was already out on bail, the prosecutor moved to amend the Informations, praying that the 4 separate Informations be amended so that there would only be one Information for illegal recruitment in large scale. The trial court granted the motion. The CA affirmed the trial court’s order granting the motion.

People vs. Yabut, G.R. Nos. 115719-26, October 5, 1999 : Acquittal of Estafa not Bar to Conviction of Illegal Recruitment in Large Scale

D E C I S I O N

(2^nd Division)

QUISUMBING, J.:

I.      THE FACTS:

Appellant Yabut was charged with 8 counts of estafa and illegal recruitment in large scale. The trial court acquitted him of the 8 counts of estafa but convicted him of illegal recruitment in large scale. He appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court.