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Nunez vs. Sandiganbayan 111 SCRA 433

RUFINO V. NUNEZ, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-50581 and G.R. No. L-50617 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, C.J:

In categorical and explicit language, the Constitution provided for but did not create a special Court, the Sandiganbayan, with "jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases involving graft and corrupt practices and such other offenses committed by public officers and employees, including those in government-owned or controlled corporations, in relation to their office as may be determined by law." 1 It came into existence with the issuance in 1978 of a Presidential Decree. 2 Even under the 1935 Constitution, to be precise, in 1955, an anti-graft statute was passed, 3 to be supplemented five years later...