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PEOPLE Vs. Sandiganbayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE SANDIGANBAYAN and CEFERINO S. PAREDES, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 101724 | 1992-07-03

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the resolution promulgated on August 1, 1991 by the Sandiganbayan which granted the private respondent's motion to quash the information for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. No. 3019) on the ground of prescription of the crime charged.

Two letter-complaints were filed on October 28, 1986 and December 9, 1986, with the Tanodbayan by Teofilo Gelacio, a political leader of Governor Valentina Plaza, wife of Congressman Democrito O. Plaza of Agusan del Sur, shortly after the private respondent had...