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Claro B. Narciso Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

CLARO B. NARCISO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 98262-63 | 1994-01-10

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Petitioner Claro Narciso y Baldonado has appealed his conviction by the Sandiganbayan (Second Division) of the crime of malversation of public funds under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code.

Narciso was assigned as Officer-in-Charge of the Municipal Treasurer's Office of Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, and actually discharged the duties and functions of that office from May, 1982 to July 31,1983 when he was returned to his original station at Manjuyod, Negros Oriental. During his stint at Vallehermoso, two (2) audit examinations were conducted at the Municipal Treasurer's Office. The first, in the middle...