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Lito Marcelo vs PEOPLE and Sandiganbayan

LITO C. MARCELO, petitioner, vs. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division) and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 109242 | 1999-01-26

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari filed by Lito Marcelo from a decision of the Sandiganbayan (First Division)1 [Per Associate Justice Jose Balajadia and concurred in by Presiding Justice Francis Garchitorena and Associate Justice Narciso Atienza.] convicting him and two others of qualified theft. The information against them alleges -

That on or about February 17, 1989, in the Municipality of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused, ARNOLD PASICOLAN, a public officer, being then an Emergency Laborer assigned as bag opener at the printed...