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Subo Tanggote Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

MAYOR SUBO TANGGOTE, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, SECOND DIVISION, and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 103584 | 1994-09-02

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

The instant petition for review on certiorari seeks the reversal of the Sandiganbayan's decision of 27 November 1991, in Criminal Case No. 14976, convicting petitioner Subo Tanggote of the crime of malversation of public funds, defined in Article 217(4) of the Revised Penal Code, as well as its resolution, dated 22 January 1992, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

On 23 and 28 February 1982, petitioner, then Municipal Mayor of Poonapiagapo, Lanao del Norte, received from Hadji Abad Sangbaan, the Municipal Treasurer, cash advances in the amounts of P17,424.00 and P15,000.00, respectively, for the...