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Edwin B. Villanueva Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

EDWIN B. VILLANUEVA, petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ** , respondents. Lamberto S. Roxas for petitioner. Alberto I. Potato collaborating counsel for petitioner.

G.R. No. 95627 | 1991-08-16

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

An information for malversation of public funds was filed on April 22, 1988 with the Sandiganbayan against Edwin B. Villanueva, a warehouseman of the National Food Authority (NFA), in Criminal Case No. 12855, allegedly committed as follows:

"That on June 19, 1981 and sometime prior and subsequent thereto, in the Municipality of Pontevedra, Capiz and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the accused, a public officer, he being the Warehouseman of the NFA, Balo, Roxas City, and as such, responsible and accountable for such government property under his custody and received by him, taking advantage...