Case Digest (G.R. No. 199067)
Facts:
Purificacion F. Felipe, respondent, was charged after she issued a postdated check in the amount of P1,020,000.00 which was dishonored upon presentment for STOP PAYMENT; the check was given on November 25, 1997 as payment for a Nissan Terrano SUV that her son, Frederick Felipe, had purchased from Nissan Gallery-Ortigas and for which he had defaulted after delivery on May 14, 1997 in Quezon City. Nissan sent demand letters to Frederick and thereafter to Purificacion, who received a demand to replace the dishonored check within five days but refused, saying she was not the buyer; Nissan filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the City Prosecutor of Quezon City and an Information was filed before the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 41, Quezon City, for violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 on January 6, 1998. During preliminary investigation Purificacion paid P200,000.00 as partial settlement of the civil aspect, but no further payments followed. The MeTC acquitted Puri...