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Reynolan Sales vs Sandiganbayan, et al

REYNOLAN T. SALES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (4th Division), OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THELMA BENEMERITO, respondents.

G.R. No. 143802 | 2001-11-16

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This Court is tasked to resolve the issue of whether or not the proper procedure was followed and whether petitioner's constitutional rights were safeguarded during the preliminary investigation conducted before the filing of an Information for Murder against him and the issuance of a warrant for his arrest by respondent Sandiganbayan. Petitioner asserts that the Information was hastily filed and the warrant for his arrest was improper because of an incomplete preliminary investigation. Respondents say otherwise.

The pertinent factual antecedents are matters of record or are otherwise uncontroverted....