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Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo vs Sandiganbayan, et al.

RODOLFO E. AGUINALDO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 124471 | 1996-11-28

MENDOZA, J.:


This is a petition for certiorari to annul the order, dated September 18, 1995, of the Sandiganbayan, denying petitioner's motion to quash the informations filed against him in two criminal cases (Nos. 20948 and 20949), as well as the resolution, dated April 12, 1996, ordering his suspension for ninety (90) days as Provincial Governor of Cagayan.

The background of this case is as follows. Petitioner is the Provincial Governor of Cagayan. At the time material to this decision he was serving his first term as Governor of that province.

In 1990, the Commission on Audit (COA) found that claims of petitioner for intelligence...