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People vs. Dapitan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REX FUSINGAN DAPITAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 253975 | 2021-09-27

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, S.A.J.:
 
Assailed in this ordinary appeal[1] is the Decision[2] dated October 1, 2020 of the Sandiganbayan (SB) in Crim. Case No. SB-15-CRM-0147, which found accused-appellant Rex Fusingan Dapitan (Dapitan) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Malversation of Public Funds, as defined and penalized under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended.
 
The Facts
 
The instant case stemmed from an Information filed before the SB charging Dapitan with the aforementioned crime, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on October 27 up to October...