G.R. No. 119239 - FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ Y CRUZ, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND SANDIGANBAYAN.[G.R. No. 119285]CARMENCITA G. ESPINOSA, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding both accused Francisco Enriquez y Cruz and Carmencita Espinosa y Gonzales GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt as co-principals in the offense of Malversation of Public Funds, as defined and penalized under Article 217, paragraph 4 of the Revised Penal Code and crediting each of them with the mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender, without any aggravating circumstance in offset, and applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, each of them is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty ranging from TEN (10) YEARS and ONE (1) DAY of prision mayor , as the minimum, to SEVENTEEN (17) YEARS, FOUR (4) MONTHS and ONE (1) DAY of reclusion temporal , as the maximum; to further suffer perpetual special disqualification; to pay, jointly and severally, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines in the same amount of P3,178,177.41, and to pay their proportional share of the costs of the action. SO ORDERED.