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Wilfredo R. Antonio vs. Sandiganbayan

WILFREDO R. ANTONIO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (2ND DIVISION), respondent.

G.R. No. L-57937 | 1988-10-21

D E C I S I O N

CORTES, J p:

The instant case involves the demand for and acceptance of "grease money" or, in the vernacular, "lagay", a form of graft and corruption so common in the application for licenses and permits from the government.

Manuel Caoili and Wilfredo Antonio (the petitioner herein) of the Ministry of Public Works office in Baguio City, together with Teofilo Tinaza, Jr. of the Office of the City Engineer of Baguio City, were jointly charged before the Sandiganbayan for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. No. 3019, as amended), under the following information:

That on or about the 19th day of...