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Honorato Malig, etal. Vs. Sandiganbayan, etal.

HONORATO MALIG and ANTONIO LACSON, petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (Second Division), and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-71712 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

An appeal from the Decision of the Sandiganbayan, dated June 26, 1985, convicting herein petitioners-accused, Honorato Malig and Antonio Lacson, of violating Section 3(b) of the Anti-Graft & Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019, as amended), and sentencing them to suffer an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment ranging from three (3) years, as minimum, to six (6) years, as maximum; to suffer perpetual disqualification from public office; and to pay the costs.

The Amended Information, charging them with the offense, reads:

"That on or about the 15th and the 21st day of March 1983, in the...