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Jejomar Binay vs Sandiganbayan and DILG 316 SCRA 65

JEJOMAR C. BINAY, petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (Third Division) and the DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 120681-83 | 1999-10-01

D E C I S I O N 
 
KAPUNAN, J.: 
 
Pursuant to Section 4, Article XIII of the 1973 Constitution Presidential Decree No. 1486 created an Anti-Graft Court known as the Sandiganbayan. Since then the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan has under gone various changes,1  the most recent of which were effected through Republic Act Nos. 7975and 82493. Whether the Sandiganbayan, under these laws, exercises exclusive original jurisdiction over criminal cases involving municipal mayors accused of violations of Republic Act No. 30194  and Article 220 of the Revised Penal Code5  is the central issue in these...