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Peole vs. Sandiganbayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN AND JUAN[1]ROBERTO L. ABLING, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 198119 | 2017-09-27

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
This Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court,[2] as amended, assails the Decision[3] dated June 16, 2011 of public respondent Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 22987, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Juan Roberto Abling y Loyola," acquitting herein private respondent Juan Roberto L. Abling (Abling) of the crime of malversation of public funds defined and penalized under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code.

In an Information dated August 4, 1995, private respondent Abling was charged as follows:
 
That for the period from January...