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Ernando C. Layno Vs. People Of The Phil., Et Al.

ERNANDO C. LAYNO, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 93842 | 1992-09-07

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision * of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 12955, dated 15 June 1990, finding the petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of falsification of public document defined in Article 171, Paragraph 4 of the Revised Penal Code.

Briefly, the facts as found by the Sandiganbayan are as follows:

The petitioner was the incumbent municipal mayor of Lianga, Surigao del Sur, on 16 March 1980, having been elected to that position in the elections held in that year. As chief executive of the municipality, he had the authority to appoint employees...