G.R. No. 261857 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. CYNTHIA GO MORENO, PEPITO A. MAGUILIMOTAN, NONELA N. VILLEGAS, MARILYN P. FLORDELIZA, AND GERTRUDES D. ABABON, ACCUSED.AUGUSTUS CAESAR L. MORENO AND EVANGELINE D. MANIGOS, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: In Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-2397, the Court finds accused Evangeline D. Manigos GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. No. 3019, as amended, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of (6) [ sic ] years and one (1) month, as minimum, to ten (10) years, as maximum, and to suffer perpetual disqualification from holding public office; In Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-2398, the Court finds accused Augustus Caesar L. Moreno and Evangeline D. Manigos GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. No. 3019, as amended, and are hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of (6) [ sic ] years and one (1) month, as minimum, to ten (10) years, as maximum, and to suffer perpetual disqualification from holding public office; In Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-2400, the Court finds accused Augustus Caesar L. Moreno GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(h) of R.A. No. 3019, as amended, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of (6) [ sic ] years and one (1) month, as minimum to ten (10) years, as maximum, and to suffer perpetual disqualification from holding public office; Since the Court has not acquired jurisdiction over the persons of accused Cynthia Go Moreno (SB-17-CRM-2397, SB-17-CRM- 2399 and SB-17-CRM-2401), Pepito A. Maguilimotan (SB-17-CRM-2397 and SB-17-CRM-2398), Nonela N. Villegas (SB-17-CRM-2397 and SB-17-CRM-2398), Marilyn P. Flordeliza (SB-17-CRM-2397 and SB-17-CRM-2398), and Gertrudes D. Ababon (SB-17-CRM- 2397 and SB-17-CRM-2398) as they remain at-large, the cases against them are hereby ordered ARCHIVED, the same to be revived upon their arrest. Let the appropriate warrants of arrest be issued against the said accused. SO ORDERED.