Case Digest (G.R. No. L-56170)
Facts:
Hilario Jaravata v. The Hon. Sandiganbayan and the People of the Philippines, G.R. No. L-56170, January 31, 1984, the Supreme Court En Banc, Abad Santos, J., writing for the Court.Petitioner Hilario Jaravata, then Assistant Principal of Leones, Tubao, La Union Barangay High School, was criminally prosecuted before the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 873 for an alleged violation of Republic Act No. 3019, Section 3(b). The information charged that between April 30, 1979 and May 25, 1979 Jaravata, by virtue of his position and using his influence, demanded and actually received various sums from classroom teachers—Romeo Dacayanan, Domingo Lopez, Marcela Bautista and Francisco Dulay—allegedly in consideration of his official intervention in the release of their 1978 salary differentials, the aggregate excess being P338.00.
After trial the Sandiganbayan convicted Jaravata for violation of Sec. 3(b), R.A. No. 3019, sentencing him to indeterminate imprisonment of one to four years, perpetual special disqualification from public office, and costs; it made no civil-liability pronouncement because the money had been refunded. The Sandiganbayan's factual findings included that on January 5, 1979 Jaravata informed the teachers that release of their salary differentials had been approved and that, to facilitate payment, he would follow up the papers in Manila and the teachers would reimburse his expenses; he allegedly incurred P220.00 (P36.00 per teacher) but several teachers actually gave him larger amounts—Lopez P100, Dulay P70, Dacayanan P118, Bautista P50—leading the tribunal to find an excess totaling P194.00 which, in its view, supported conviction under Sec. 3(b).
Petitioner sought review of the Sand...(Pro-only)
Issues:
- Did petitioner violate Section 3(b) of Republic Act No. 3019 by receiving payments from classroom teachers in connection with the release of their salary differ...(Pro-only)
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