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Jaca vs. People / Gaviola vs. People / Cesa vs. People

EDNA J. JACA, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and the SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents. ALAN C. GAVIOLA, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. EUSTAQUIO B. CESA, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 166967/G.R. No. 166974/G.R. No. 167167 | 2013-01-28

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:

Before the Court are the petitions for review on certiorari1 assailing the December 16, 2004 decision2 and the February 1, 2005 resolution3 of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 24699, finding Alan C. Gaviola, Edna J. Jaca, Eustaquio B. Cesa (collectively, petitioners) and Benilda N. Bacasmas guilty of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act (RA) No. 3019.4
 
ANTECEDENT FACTS
 
The petitioners occupied appointive positions in the different divisions of the Cebu City government at the time material to the controversy: Gaviola was the City Administrator;5 Cesa was the City Treasurer;6...