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Eulogio Morales, Rosalia Morales And Wilma Hallare vs PEOPLE

EULOGIO MORALES, ROSALIA MORALES and WILMA HALLARE, petitioners, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 144047 | 2002-07-26

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The drive to rid the government of graft and corruption deserves the support of everyone. Vulgar circumventions of the Anti-Graft Law cannot be countenanced by this Court.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking the reversal of the May 15, 2000 Decision[1] and the July 17, 2000 Resolution[2] of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 17524. The challenged Decision disposed as follows:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered in this case finding accused Eulogio E. Morales, Wilma Hallare and Rosalia Morales GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime for...