G.R. Nos. 258182 and 259950 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ROMEO CHAN REALES, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , in view of the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: In Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-2197, accused ROMEO CHAN REALES is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended , and sentence to suffer the penalty of 1.1. imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) month as minimum , to ten (10) years as maximum , in accordance with the Indeterminate Sentence Law; and 1.2. perpetual disqualification from public office. In Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-2198, accused ROMEO CHAN REALES is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the complex crime of Malversation through Falsification of Public Documents under Article 217, in relation to Articles 48 and 171 of the Revised Penal Code, and sentenced to suffer the penalty of 2.1. imprisonment of two (2) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of prision correccional , as minimum, to eight (8) years of prision mayor , as maximum; 2.2. perpetual disqualification from holding any public office; and 2.3. fine of Seventy-Six Thousand Five Hundred Pesos ([PHP] 76,500.00). As civil liability , Reales shall further pay to the Provincial Government of Samar the amount of Seventy-Six Thousand, Five Hundred Pesos ([PHP] 76,500.00), plus interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum, reckoned from the finality of this Decision until the amount malversed is fully paid. SO ORDERED.