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Villanueva vs. People

RODRIGO DERIQUITO VILLANUEVA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 218652 | 2022-02-23

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
It is the policy of the Philippine Government, in line with the principle that a public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which may lead thereto.[1]

Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari[2] filed by Rodrigo Deriquito Villanueva (petitioner) assailing the February 23, 2015 Decision[3] and June 8, 2015 Resolution[4] of the Sandiganbayan in Crim. Case No. SB-08-CRM-0381, which found petitioner and his co-accused guilty of violating Section...