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Marcelo Fernando Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

MARCELO FERNANDO, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, (First Division) and The Office of the Special Prosecutor, respondents.

G.R. No. 96182 | 1992-08-19

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

These consolidated petitions question the two orders of the Sandiganbayan dated December 3, 1990 which denied the petitioners' motion to defer arraignment and set the date for the petitioners' arraignment.

The petitioners are charged with violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019, as amended) for allegedly having given, through manifest partiality, unwarranted benefits to J.F. Tabajonda Construction. The petitioners allegedly split a contract of over P5,000,000.00 into eight (8) smaller contracts for the repair and renovation of the Bureau of Customs...