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Alfredo L. Azarcon vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

ALFREDO L. AZARCON, petitioner vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and JOSE C. BATAUSA, respondents.

G.R. No. 116033 | 1997-02-26

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Does the Sandiganbayan have jurisdiction over a private individual who is charged with malversation of public funds as a principal after the said individual had been designated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a custodian of distrained property? Did such accused become a public officer and therefore subject to the graft court's jurisdiction as a consequence of such designation by the BIR?

These are the main questions in the instant petition for review of Respondent Sandiganbayan's Decision 1 in Criminal Case No. 14260 promulgated on March 8, 1994, convicting petitioner of malversation of public funds...