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Miriam Defensor Santiago vs. Francis Garchitorena

MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, petitioner, vs. HON. JUSTICE FRANCIS GARCHITORENA, SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division) and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 109266 | 1993-12-02

D E C I S I O N 

QUIASON, J.: 

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court to set aside: (a) the Resolution dated March 3, 1993 in Criminal Case No. 16698 of the Sandiganbayan (First Division) and to declare Presiding Justice Francis Garchitorena of the Sandiganbayan, disqualified from acting in said criminal case; and (b) the Resolution of said court promulgated on March 14, 1993, which deemed as "filed" the 32 Amended Informations against petitioner (Rollo, pp. 2-35 and pp. 36-94). 

On May 1, 1991, petitioner was charged in Criminal Case No. 16698 of the Sandiganbayan with violation of...