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R. Tayaban, et al. vs. People et al

ROBERT TAYABAN y CALIPLIP, FRANCISCO MADDAWAT y TAYOBAN, ARTEMIO BALANGUE* y LANGA, FRANCISCO MAYUMIS y BAHEL and QUIRINO PANA y CUYAHEN, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150194 | 2007-03-06

D E C I S I O N
 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the Decision[1] of the Sandiganbayan dated June 25, 2001 in Criminal Case No. 17856; and its Resolution[2] of September 28, 2001, denying petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration.

Petitioner Robert Tayaban (Tayaban) was the Municipal Mayor of Tinoc, Ifugao. His co-petitioners, namely: Francisco Maddawat, Artemio Balangue, Francisco Mayumis, and Quirino Pana, were Municipal Councilors of the same municipality.

The facts of the case are as follows:

Sometime in 1988, then Mayor Tayaban submitted a project proposal to provincial...