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Demetrio R. Tecson Vs Sandiganbayan And People Of The Philippines

DEMETRIO R. TECSON, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 123045 | 1999-11-16

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari, under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeks to nullify the Decision dated June 30, 1995 and the Resolution dated December 20, 1995 of the Sandiganbayan, First Division, in Criminal Case No. 18273. Petitioner was found guilty of violating Section 3[c] of R.A. No. 3019, in the assailed decision which reads as follows:

'WHEREFORE, the Court finds Demetrio Tecson y Robles guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime defined in Section 3[c] of Republic Act 3019 and charged in the Information. Accordingly, the Court imposes upon him the penalty of imprisonment of SIX (6) YEARS...