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Flordeliza Querijero vs PEOPLE & Sandiganbayan

FLORDELIZA F. QUERIJERO, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and the SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 153483 | 2003-02-14

D E C I S I O N

Mendoza, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision,[1] dated February 5, 2001, of the Sandiganbayan, finding petitioner Flordeliza F. Querijero guilty of malversation of public funds and sentencing her to suffer a penalty of ten (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to eighteen (18) years, eight (8) months, and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum; to indemnify the Republic of the Philippines in the amount of P165,722.78; to pay a fine in the same amount and the costs of the suit; and to suffer perpetual special disqualification to hold public office. Petitioner likewise seeks the...