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Major Joel G. Cantos Vs. People of the Philippines

MAJOR JOEL G. CANTOS, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 184908 | 2013-07-03

FIRST DIVISION 

DECISION

VILLARAMA, JR., J.: 

Petitioner Major Joel G. Cantos appeals the Decision 1 of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. SB-07-A/R-0008, which affirmed with modification the judgmene of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 47, convicting him of the crime of Malversation of Public Funds under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended. 

In an Information3 dated February 19, 2003, Major Cantos was charged as follows: 

That on or about December 21, 2002 or sometime prior or subsequent thereto, in the City of Manila, Philippines and within the ...