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Moderazo vs. People.

MELCHOR G. MADERAZO SENIFORO PERIDO, and VICTOR MADERAZO, JR., Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 165065 | 2006-09-26

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.: 
 
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 assailing the September 3, 2004 Decision[1] of the Sandiganbayan convicting petitioners of unjust vexation in Criminal Case No. 24309. 
 
On October 22, 1997, an Information[2] was filed before the Sandiganbayan (First Division), charging the following with grave coercion: Municipal Mayor Melchor G. Maderazo; his nephew, Victor Maderazo, Jr., who is a member of the Sangguniang Bayan; and Seniforo Perido, Caibiran Police Station Chief, together with Rodolfo Rico, Orlando Mocorro, Rodolfo...