Cruz v. People
G.R. No. 197142
October 9, 2019
FACTS:
In
Bocaue Bulacan, accused Serafin dela Cruz, then Mayor; Gil Cruz, then Acting
Administrator; Dennis Carpio then Secretary of the Sangguniang Bayan and
Private Secretary to the mayor; and Isidoro Mauricio, them Municipal Assessor,
all public officials of the Bocaue, while in the performance of their official
functions, and as such taking advantage of the same, obstruct and stop the
execution of the Court’s valid writs of execution and demolition of the
structure illegally constructed on the lot owned by the wife of the
complainant, thereby causing undue injury to the complainant and giving
unwarranted benefits to certain Alex Halili.
ISSUE:
Whether
or not the SB erred in its decision.
HELD:
Yes. In
the assailed Decision, the SB held that petitioners Cruz and Carpio are guilty
of violating Sec. 3 (e) of RA 3019 by reason of conspiracy. However, in finding
Cruz and Carpio liable through conspiracy, the SB simply ruled that it “lends
credence to the claim of the Prosecution that there had been conspiracy among
accused in giving Alexander Halili unwarranted benefits by interfering and
obstructing in the enforcement of a legal process enjoined by interfering and
obstructing in the enforcement of a legal process enjoined by the court accused
exhibited evident bad faith.
These
pronouncements are insufficient to establish that petitioners acted in
conspiracy to commit the crime charged. The be certain the SB failed to point
to a specific act performed by each petitioner that would indicate a unity of
purpose or common design to give Halili unwarranted benefits, advantage or
preference in the discharge of their functions.
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