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Juan Coronado vs. Sandiganbayan

JUAN CORONADO, petitioner, vs. THE SANDIGANBAYAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 94955 | 1993-08-18

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

The Sandiganbayan convicted the petitioner, Juan Coronado, for violation of Section 3 (f) of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, from which decision1 this petition for review on certiorari was filed.

Herein petitioner, then a newly hired Process Server in the Office of the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court ("RTC") of Antipolo, Rizal, was charged, along with Cesar Villamor and Oscar Caing, in an Information, dated 26 November 1985, and docketed as Criminal Case No. 11035 (p. 7, Rollo). The arraignment was postponed for several times because of a...