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Imelda R. Marcos Vs. Sandiganbayan

IMELDA R. MARCOS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division) and the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-115132-34 | 1995-08-09

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to set aside as arbitrary and in grave abuse of discretion resolutions of the Sandiganbayan's First Division denying petitioner's motion for leave to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Petitioner, former First Lady and widow of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, is the defendant in several criminal cases for violations of the Anti Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. No. 3019) now pending in the Sandiganbayan and in the regular courts. In two of these cases, i.e., Criminal Case Nos. 17450 and 17453, petitioner was found guilty by the First Division of the...