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Leovigildo R. Ruzol Vs. The Hon. Sandiganbayan and the People of the Philippines

LEOVEGILDO R. RUZOL, Petitioner vs. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN and the PEOPLE OF THE PHIL{PPINES, Respondents

G.R. Nos. 186739-960 | 2013-04-17

THIRD DIVISION 

DECISION 

VELASCO, JR., J.: 

This is an appeal seeking to nullify the December 19, 2008 Decision1 of the First Division of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case Nos. SB-08-CRIM-0039 to 0259, which convicted Leovegildo R. Ruzol (Ruzol), then Mayor of General Nakar, Quezon, of Usurpation of Official Functions penalized under Article 1 77 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC). 

The Facts 

Ruzol was the mayor of General Nakar, Quezon from 2001 to 2004. Earlier in his term, he organized a Multi-Sectoral Consultative Assembly composed of civil society groups, public officials and concerned stakeholders with the end in...