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ELVIRA AGULLO vs Sandiganbayan and PEOPLE

ELVIRA AGULLO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 132926 | 2001-07-20

D E C I S I O N

BUENA, J.:

Charged with, tried and convicted in Criminal Case No. 13579 for malversation of public funds, herein petitioner Elvira Agullo, erstwhile Disbursing Officer of the then Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH), Regional Office No. VIII, Candahug, Palo, Leyte, now comes before the High Court to assail the Decision[1] of the Sandiganbayan promulgated on 16 March 1992, and its Resolution dated 11 March 1998, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration[2] but reducing the penalty imposed on petitioner as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Elvira S. Agullo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the...