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Ponciano Layug vs SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE

PONCIANO LAYUG, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 121047-57 | 2000-08-16

D E C I S I O N
PARDO, J.:
Is petitioner guilty of falsification of public documents for filling up his daily time record as a teacher which reflected his actual teaching time and also those when he was within the school facilities?
THE CASE
What is before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision[1] of the Sandiganbayan finding petitioner Ponciano Layag y Medina guilty beyond reasonable doubt of eleven (11) counts of falsification of public document under Article 171, paragraph 4, of the Revised Penal Code. For each count of falsification, the Sandiganbayan meted on petitioner the indeterminate penalty of two (2)...