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Teves vs. Sandiganbayan [DECISION]

EDGAR Y. TEVES and TERESITA Z. TEVES, Petitioners, versus THE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 154182 | 2004-12-17

D E C I S I O N
 
DAVIDE JR., CJ.:
 
The pivotal issue in this petition is whether a public official charged with violation of Section 3(h) of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, for unlawful intervention, in his official capacity, in the issuance of a license in favor of a business enterprise in which he has a pecuniary interest may be convicted, together with his spouse, of violation of that same provision premised on his mere possession of such interest.

Edgar Y. Teves, former Mayor of Valencia, Negros Oriental, and his wife Teresita Z. Teves seeks to annul and set...