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2008-03-28 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| The Sandiganbayan imposed upon petitioner the penalty ranging from 10 years and 1 day of prision mayor as minimum, to 16 years, 5 months and 11 days of reclusion temporal, as maximum. Under Article 217, paragraph 4 of the Revised Penal Code, the penalty for malversation is reclusion temporal in its medium and maximum periods, if the amount involved is more than P12,000.00 but less than P22,000.00. Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, and there being no mitigating or aggravating circumstances, the maximum imposable penalty shall be within the range of 16 years, 5 months and 11 days to 18 years, 2 months and 20 days, while the minimum shall be within the range of 10 years and 1 day to 14 years and 8 months.[33] Therefore, the penalty imposed by the Sandiganbayan is proper. | |||||