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Enriquez y Cruz vs People and Sandiganbayan

FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ y CRUZ, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents. CARMENCITA G. ESPINOSA, petitioner, vs. The HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 119239 and G.R. No. 119285 | 2000-05-09

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

The instant petitions for review on certiorari seek the reversal of the Sandiganbayan's decision of February 28, 1995, in Criminal Case No. 14385, convicting herein petitioners Francisco C. Enriquez (ENRIQUEZ) and Carmencita G. Espinosa (ESPINOSA) of the crime of malversation of public funds, defined in Article 217(4) of the Revised Penal Code.

The essential antecedents as can be gathered from the documentary and testimonial evidence are the following:

ENRIQUEZ was Municipal Treasurer, while ESPINOSA was Administrative Officer and acting Municipal Cashier of the Office of the Municipal Treasurer of Pasig...