G.R. Nos. 209073-74 - JOSEPH CEDRICK O. RUIZ, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , IN LIGHT OF ALL THE FOREGOING, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. In Criminal Case No. 27467, accused JOSEPH CEDRICK O. RUIZ is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) month to eight (8) years; 2. (a) In Criminal Case No. 27468, accused JOSEPH CEDRICK O. RUIZ is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Malversation, defined and penalized under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years and one (1) day of reclusion temporal minimum, as the minimum penalty, to eighteen (18) years and one (1) day of reclusion temporal maximum, as the maximum penalty, there being no mitigating or aggravating circumstance attendant to the commission of the crime; and (b) Accused JOSEPH CEDRICK O. RUIZ is further sentenced to suffer the penalty of perpetual special disqualification and is likewise ordered to pay a fine equivalent to the amount malversed or the amount of [PHP] 950,000.00, and to indemnify the City of Dapitan the amount of [PHP] 950,000.00, plus interest. SO ORDERED.