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Liwanag Aguirre vs. People 155 SCRA 337

LIWANAG AGUIRRE, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), respondents.

G.R. No. L-56013 | 1987-10-30

D E C I S I O N

CORTES, J.:

Petitioner Liwanag Aguirre seeks a review of a Sandiganbayan decision finding him guilty of the crime of direct bribery which is punishable under Article 210 of the Revised Penal Code. The Information filed against him reads:

'THAT on or about November 24, 1978, in the City of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, being then an Acting Deputy Sheriff of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously demand and obtain from one Hermogenes Hanginon, an employee of the business firm Guardsman Security...