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Rafael Abundo Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

RAFAEL ABUNDO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN & PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 97880 | 1992-01-15

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision dated January 11, 1991 of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 143951, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Rafael Abundo y Arcilla," finding the petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of qualified theft alleged in the following information to which the accused, upon arraignment, pleaded not guilty.

"That in or about the month of October, 1985, in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, a public officer, being then the District Engineer of the Department...