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Penaflor Penaverde vs. Sandiganbayan & PEOPLE

PENAFLOR PENAVERDE, petitioner, vs. THE SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-63271-74 | 1983-08-30

R E S O L U T I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Petitioners Penaflor Penaverde and Melecio Hermita seek to set aside the decision of respondent Sandiganbayan, convicting them of the crimes of falsification of public documents and malversation of public funds on three (3) counts. The informations filed against them read, as follows:

Criminal Case No. 2135 - For Falsification of Public Document.

"That on or about November 18, 1978, in the Municipality of Minalabac, Camarines Sur and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, accused Penaflor Penaverde, a public officer and discharging his official functions as Barangay Captain of Barangay Manapao,...