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Jaime Ponce De Leon, Et Al. Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

JAIME PONCE DE LEON, MERIAM DELOSTRICO, ORLANDO RAMIREZ, REGALADO RENACIA, REYNALDO BABAO, MARY LOU MANANQUIL, SESIPATRO MIER, MONINA POSADAS, LILIA RACHO, LEONARDO SALVA, and DANILO ALTURA, petitioners, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (Second Division) and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 89785-98 | 1990-06-25

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

These 14 cases involve irregular and fraudulent transactions in the Bais City Highway Engineering District (BCHED), one of the fifteen (15) engineering districts in Central Visayas, or Region VII. Similar cases from the same Region, already decided by the Sandiganbayan, are: (1) the Danao City 1978 cases; (2) Tagbilaran City 1978 cases; (3) Lapu-Lapu City 1978 cases; and (4) the Siquijor 1977 cases.

The petitioners are eleven (11) of twenty-eight (28) persons charged before the Sandiganbayan with fourteen (14) counts of violations of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. No....