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Antolin Jariol, Jr. Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

ANTOLIN JARIOL, JR., petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-52095-52116 | 1990-08-13

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

In this Petition for Review by certiorari, petitioner Antolin Jariol, Jr. assails the Decision of the Sandiganbayan dated 29 November 1979 finding him, along with several others, guilty on twenty-two (22) counts of estafa through falsification of public and commercial documents and sentencing him to the penalties specified in that Decision.

The background facts which are uncontested are set out in the Decision of the Sandiganbayan in the following terms:

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