G.R. No. 158413 - CELSO M. MANUEL, EVANGELISTA A. MERU, FLORANTE A. MIANO, AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (FOURTH DIVISION), MELCHOR M. MALLARE AND ELIZABETH GOSUDAN. [G.R. NO. 161133] MELCHOR M. MALLARE AND ELIZABETH GOSUDAN, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Su

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WHEREFORE, the herein two (2) accused, MELCHOR M. MALLARE and ELIZABETH M. GOSUDAN, are hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MALVERSATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS, defined and penalized under the first paragraph, subparagraph 4, Article 217, Revised Penal Code, and each of them is sentenced under the Indeterminate Sentence Law to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of from Thirteen (13) Years and Four (4) Months, as minimum, to Nineteen (19) Years and Four (4) Months, as maximum, both of reclusion temporal, and also to suffer the penalty of perpetual special disqualification. Further, accused Melchor M. Mallare is hereby sentenced to pay a fine of P300,998.59, accused Elizabeth M. Gosudan to pay a fine of P774,285.78, and both to pay the costs. SO ORDERED.