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Sandiganbayan acquits ex-Navy captain, 3 others
Topic Started: Nov 7 2010, 04:51 PM (514 Views)
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Posted at 11/07/2010 4:00 PM | Updated as of 11/07/2010 4:00 PM


MANILA, Philippines - Retired Philippine Navy Captain Vicente Escala and his 3 co-accused have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan First Division of falsification charges on an appeal.

In a 5-page resolution issued November 2, the graft court reversed its June 10, 2010 verdict convicting Escala, Navy Captain Jesus Biola, chairman of the canvass and award committee; and Commander Aristotle Guzman and Lieutenant Commander Leonardo Gamboa, members of the same committee, of falsification of public documents in connection with alleged fraudulent bidding for medical supplies between October 1990 and July 1992.

The court held that a sworn affidavit submitted by the prosecution does not deserve the evidentiary weight it was earlier given because the document was not sworn by the witness before it but in another trial court.

“After a second hard look at the evidence on record, the Court is persuaded that the deposition of Francisco Garcia, by itself, is insufficient to establish the falsification (charges). The Court should not have given considerable and determining weight and credit to the said deposition… for the reason that the taking of the said deposition before the presiding judge of the MTC (municipal trial court) of Rosario, Cavite… was procedurally infirm,” the Sandiganbayan said.


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ayos na acquit dahil sa isang technicality :headbang:
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