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Miriam Defensor Santiago vs. Francis Garchitorena [DISSENTING OPINION, GARCHITORENA, J.]

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

FELICIANO, J., dissenting: 

I dissent from the opinion written for the majority by Mr. Justice Quiason, to the extent that opinion directed the Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman to consolidate the thirty-two (32) Amended Informations (Criminal Cases Nos. 18371 to 18402) into one Information under the original case number, i.e., No. 16698. 

I believe that the Court should order the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the thirty-two (32) Amended Informations, for that court seriously erred in not granting petitioner's Motion to Quash those Informations. The grounds for my submission in this respect were spelled out...