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Alvarez Aro Yusop vs Sandiganbayan

ALVAREZ ARO YUSOP, petitioner, vs. The Honorable SANDIGANBAYAN (First Division), respondent.

G.R. Nos. 138859-60 | 2001-02-22

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The right of a person to preliminary investigation is recognized by the law and is governed by the Rules of Court. However, the failure to accord this right does not ipso facto result in the dismissal of the information; the case is merely suspended, and the prosecutor directed to conduct the proper investigation.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, assailing two Orders[1] of the Sandiganbayan,[2] both dated February 15, 1999. The first Order rejected the attempt of petitioner to stop his arraignment in Criminal Case Nos. 24524-25, on the ground that he...