Conditional dismissal of criminal proceedings does not trigger loss of councilor mandate under election law.

The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's decision regarding the loss of a councilor's mandate due to a conditional dismissal of criminal charges. The council had declared the mandate void based on a final judgment that conditionally dismissed proceedings for intentional misconduct, arguing this constituted a conviction. The court ruled that the statutory requirement for mandate loss applies only to final convicting judgments, not conditional dismissals, to uphold the constitutional presumption of innocence. Consequently, the mandate remained valid despite the conditional dismissal.