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Pablito Meneses Vs. PEOPLE.

PABLITO MENESES and SILVERIO BAUTISTA, appellants, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and the HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 71651 | 1987-08-27

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

The appellants in G.R. No. 71651, Pablito Meneses and Silverio Bautista, and those in G.R. No. 71728, Pablo Silva, Virgilio Cruz and Cesar Almendral, were charged before the Sandiganbayan, together with Lorenzo Meneses and Braulio Darum, with a violation of Section 3, paragraphs (e) and (j) of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The (amended) indictment against them reads as follows:

"That on or about March 1, 1977 or for sometimes prior thereto, in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...