G.R. Nos. 193020 & 193040-193042 - NAPOLEON O. CEDEÑO, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION,[G.R. Nos. 193349-54] MAKIL PUNDAODAYA, DAUD M. ADIONG, JOSE T. NAVERA AND ROGELIO DELOS REYES, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Librar

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WHEREFORE , in the light of all the foregoing, the Court hereby renders its judgment, to wit: In Criminal Case No. 24784, the Court finds the accused DIAMAR P. KADON, JOSE P. LOPEZ, JR., DAUD M. ADIONG, SOLAIMAN M. DOMATO, ROGELIO M. DELOS REYES, Napoleon O. Cedeño, JOSE T. NAVERA, and MICHAEL A. DELOS SANTOS, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, and after applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, hereby sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum to ten (10) years as maximum, and to indemnify the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now Department of Education) or the government jointly or severally in the amount of Two Million Pesos (P2,000,000.00). In Criminal Case No. 24785, the Court finds the accused DIAMAR P. KADON, JOSE P. LOPEZ, JR., DAUD M. ADIONG, SOLAIMAN M. DOMATO, ROGELIO M. DELOS REYES, Napoleon O. Cedeño, JOSE T. NAVERA, and MICHAEL A. DELOS SANTOS, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, and after applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, hereby sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum to ten (10) years as maximum, and to indemnify the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now Department of Education) or the government jointly or severally in the amount of Four Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand Pesos (P457,000.00). In Criminal Case No. 24786, the Court finds the accused DIAMAR P. KADON, JOSE P. LOPEZ, JR., DAUD M. ADIONG, ROGELIO M. DELOS REYES, and LUIS DY, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, and after applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, hereby sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum to ten (10) years as maximum, and to indemnify the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now Department of Education) or the government jointly or severally in the amount of One Million Twenty Five Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,025,500.00). In Criminal Case No. 24787, the Court finds the accused MAKIL U. PUNDAODAYA, JOSE P. LOPEZ, JR., DAUD M. ADIONG, SOLAIMAN M. DOMATO, ROGELIO M. DELOS REYES, Napoleon O. Cedeño, and LOLITA SAMBILI, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, and after applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, hereby sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum to ten (10) years as maximum, and to indemnify the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now D