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Arturo de Guzman vs. People

ARTURO DE GUZMAN, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54288 and G.R. No. L-54288 | 1982-12-15

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

An appeal by Certiorari from the Decision of respondent Sandiganbayan 1 in Criminal Case No. 190 convicting petitioner, Arturo de Guzman, of Malversation of Public Funds.

We resolved to "(a) give due course to the petition and (b) require the parties to file their respective Memoranda on the constitutional questions raised."

1. Petitioner assails the rule-making power of the Sandiganbayan as violative of Article X, section 5(5) of the Constitution, which vests on the Supreme Court the power to promulgate rules concerning pleading, practice and procedure in all Courts.

It is true that Section 9 of...