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Ofelia Caunan vs. People and Marquez vs. Sandiganbayan

OFELIA C. CAUNAN, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents. JOEY P. MARQUEZ, Petitioner, versus THE SANDIGANBAYAN-FOURTH DIVISION and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 181999 and G.R. Nos. 182020-24 | 2009-09-02

DECISION

NACHURA, J.:

At bar are consolidated petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court which assail the Decision[1] dated August 30, 2007 and Resolution[2] dated March 10, 2008 of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case Nos. 27944, 27946, 27952, 27953, & 27954, finding petitioners Joey P. Marquez (Marquez) and Ofelia C. Caunan (Caunan) guilty of violation of Section 3(g) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Marquez and Caunan, along with four (4) other local government officials of Parañaque City[3] and private individual Antonio Razo (Razo), were...