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Juan Rueda, Jr. vs Sandiganbayan And PEOPLE

JUAN A. RUEDA, JR., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE, SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 129064 | 2000-11-29

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case is an appeal via certiorari from the decision of the Sandiganbayan finding petitioner Juan A. Rueda, Jr. guilty of malversation of public funds, and sentencing him to an indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years, four (4) months and one (1) day o prison mayor, as minimum, to seventeen (17) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum , to pay a fine of P107,299.02 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to suffer perpetual disqualification from holding any public office, to pay the costs, and resolution denying reconsideration.

The charge

On April 19,1991, Special...