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E - Crim - 27101 - Viscarra Et Al - 05 - 10 - 2006
E - Crim - 27101 - Viscarra Et Al - 05 - 10 - 2006
SANDIGANBAYAN
Quezon City
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First Division
- versus -
PRESENT:
RENATO M. VIZCARRA, TERESA Leonardo-De Castro, PJ,
R. CRUZ, VIRGINIA M. Chairman
HONORIO and MACARIA P. ANG Peralta and
Accused. Gesmundo, JJ.
Promulgated:
May 10, 2006
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DECISION
GESMUNDO, J.:
CONTRARY TO LAW.”1
confirming the use of the funds, the accused argued that said
resolution validated their earlier acts.
6
Record Vol. 1, pp. 326-327.
7
Id. at 343-354.
8
Id. at 389.
9
Accused Ang and Honorio were arraigned on 20 August 2004 (Record
Vol. 2, pp. 6-8) while accused Vizcarra and Cruz were arraigned on 07
September 2004 (Record Vol. 2, pp. 13-16).
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Record, Vol. 2, pp. 170-443.
12
Id. at 475.
13
Id. at 479-483.
14
Id. at 484-487.
15
Id. at 493.
16
Record, Vol. 3, pp. 3-31.
17
Id. at 35-37.
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The Local Government Code of 1991.
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19
Abdulla v. People, G.R. No. 150129, 06 April 2005, 455 SCRA 78, 92.
20
Record Vol. 2, pp. 515-516.
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Prosecution’s Exh. “D-1-a”, Record, Vol. 2, p. 254.
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SEC. 306, Local Government Code. Definition of terms
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penal provision and any violation thereof will only render the
accountable officer administratively and/or civilly liable. 28
Moreover, the acts constitutive of a violation of Section 336 are
not elements of the crime of technical malversation such that
an infraction of the former will not necessarily give rise to
criminal liability under the latter.
29
See COA Memorandum No. 83-81-B dated 21 November 1983.
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30
Katigbak v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 140183, 10 July 2003, 405 SCRA 558.
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SO ORDERED.
ALEXANDER G. GESMUNDO
Associate Justice
31
G.R. No. 140183, 10 July 2003, 405 SCRA 558, 578-579.
32
Ibid.
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WE CONCUR:
ATTESTATION
CERTIFICATION