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Eleno T. Regidor, Jr. vs. People of the Philippines

ELENO T. REGIDOR, JR. and CAMILO B. ZAPATOS, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division), Respondents.

G.R. No. 166086-92 | 2009-02-13

DECISION

NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition[1] for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Sandiganbayan Decision[2] dated September 24, 2004, convicting petitioners Eleno T. Regidor, Jr. (Mayor Regidor), former City Mayor, and Camilo B. Zapatos (Zapatos), former member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Tangub City (petitioners), of the crime of falsification of public documents.
 
The Facts

Petitioners, along with Aniceto T. Siete, former Vice-Mayor, and one Marlene L. Mangao,[3] then Acting Secretary of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Tangub City, were charged with the crime...