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Amor D. Deloso vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

AMOR D. DELOSO, petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION) and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 104805-07 | 1993-01-13

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, C.J p:

The petitioner, Amor D. Deloso, is the incumbent Governor of the Province of Zambales. Prior to being elected Governor, he was the Mayor of the Municipality of Botolan, Zambales. He stands charged with violating, sometime in the 1978, Section 3 (e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, 1 in that while Mayor of Botolan -

". . . taking advantage of his public and official position, he did . . . wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously give unwarranted benefits to . . . (five [5] private individuals) thru manifest partiality and evident bad faith in the discharge of his official functions by issuing to ....