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Ramirez, Clemencio C. vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

CLEMENCIO C. RAMIREZ, petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56441 | 1983-07-25

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is a plea of the accused for the reduction of his penalty for the malversation of P68,057.97.

Clemencio C. Ramirez, a collection agent of the Bureau of Internal Revenue at Bauang, La Union, was convicted by the Sandiganbayan in a decision dated February 23, 1981 for having malversed P68,057.97. He had pleaded guilty. The penalty for the offense is reclusion temporal maximum to reclusion perpetua (Par. 4, Art. 217 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act No. 1060).

That penalty should be lowered by one degree because of the presence of two mitigating circumstances: plea of guilty and...