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Ceferino Paredes, Jr. vs Sandiganbayan

CEFERINO S. PAREDES, JR. and MANSUETO J. HONRADA, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, Second Division; HONORABLE ANIANO DESIERTO, in his official capacity as Special Prosecutor; HONORABLE CONRADO M. VASQUEZ, in his official capacity as Ombudsman; and TEOFILO GELACIO, respondents. / APPELLEEARANCES OF COUNSEL Rolando A. Suarez & Associates for petitioners./ Esmeraldo I. Guloy for private respondent.

G.R. No. 108251 | 1996-01-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari, prohibition and injunction, seeking to set aside the resolution dated December 9, 1992 of the Office of the Ombudsman, denying petitioner's motion for the reinvestigation of three cases of falsification of public documents which had been filed against petitioners and to restrain the Second Division of the Sandiganbayan from hearing the cases.

The cases originated in a complaint filed on January 23, 1990 by Teofilo Gelacio, then vice mayor of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. Charged with petitioner Paredes, Jr., who was then the provincial governor, were petitioner Mansueto J....