Back

Grefalde, Diaz, et al vs Sandiganbayan and PEOPLE

RUFINA GREFALDE, MANUEL DIAZ, LINDY TVS ENRIQUEZ and FELIX LAWRENCE SUELTO, petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (Third Division), and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 136502 | 2000-12-15

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Before us is the latest of a number of graft convictions appealed to this Court from the Sandiganbayan, involving transactions of the highway engineering districts of the then Ministry of Public Works and Highways ("MPWH" or "the Ministry")[1] in Region VII (Central Visayas) during the late 1970s.[2]

Petitioners are four of the fifty six (56) persons indicted for graft charges affecting transactions of the Negros Oriental Highways and Engineering District ("NOHED") in 1977 and 1978. For violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act or Republic Act No. 3019 ("R.A. 3019")[3],...