G.R. Nos. 249564 & 249568-76 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. MA. CONSUELO TOROBA PALMA GIL-ROFLO,* JERICO O. EBITA, NORMAN JAY JACINTO P. DORAL, DERRICK P. ANDRADE, SERGIO U. ANDRADE AND CHONA ANDRADE TOLENTINO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE , judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. Accused M ARIA CONSUELO "BAMBI" TOROBA PALMA is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3 (e) of R.A. No. 3019 in Criminal Cases Nos. 28430 (SB-06-CRM-25), 28431 (SV-06-CRM-26), 28432 (SB-CRM-06-27), 28433 (SB-CRM-06-28), and 28434 (SB-CRM-06-29), and is hereby sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) month, as minimum, to ten (10) years, as maximum, for each count, with perpetual disqualification from holding public office; she, along with her co-accused in the afore-mentioned cases, is ordered to jointly and severally reimburse the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental the following amounts, representing the salaries paid, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, reckoned from the finality of this decision until the amount is fully paid: Case No. Amount Amount in words Co-accused SB-06-CRM-0025 (Criminal Case No. 28430) 63,250.00 Sixty Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Pesos Jerico O. Obita SB-06-CRM-0026 (Criminal Case No. 28431) 46,750.00 Forty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty pesos Norman Jay Jacinto P. Doral SB-06-CRM-0027 (Criminal Case No. 28432) 30,250.00 Thirty Thousand Two Hundred Fifty pesos Derrick P. Andrade SB-06-CRM-0028 (Criminal Case No. 28433) 96,250.00 Ninety Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Pesos Sergio U. Andrade SB-06-CRM-0029 (Criminal Case No. 28434) 112,750.00 One Hundred Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Pesos Chona Andrade Tolentino 1.1 Accused MARIA CONSUELO "BAMBI" TOROBA PALMA GIL-ROFLO is also found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Falsification of a Public Document under Article 171 (4) of the Revised Penal Code in Criminal Cases Nos. 28435 (SB-CRM-06-30), 28436 (SB-CRM-06-31), 28437 (SB-CRM-06-32), 28438 (SB-CRM-06-33), and 28439 (SB-CRM-06-34), and is hereby sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of six (6) years of prision correccional , as minimum, to eight years and one (1) day of prision mayor , as maximum, with perpetual disqualification from holding any public office, and to pay a fine of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) for each count; 2. Accused JERICO O. EBITA is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3 (e) of R.A. No. 3019 in Criminal Case No. 28430 (SB-06-CRM-25) and is hereby sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) month, as minimum, to ten (10) years, as maximum, with perpetual disqualification from holding public office; he, along with MARIA CONSUELO "BAMBI" TOROBA PALMA GIL-ROFLO is ordered to jointly and severally reimburse the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental the amount of Sixty Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Pesos (P63,250.00) plus interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, reckoned from the finality of this decision until the amount is fully paid; 2.1 Accused JERICO O. EBITA is also found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Falsification of a Public Document