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RP vs Sandiganbayan, Third Division, And Jolly R. Bugarin

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, Third Division, and JOLLY R. BUGARIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 102508 | 2002-01-30

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:*

Persistent in its efforts to recover the alleged unexplained wealth amassed by private respondent Jolly R. Bugarin, a government official during the Marcos regime, petitioner Republic of the Philippines implores this Court to reverse and set aside the 13 August 1991 Decision of the Sandiganbayan[1] dismissing, for insufficiency of evidence, its petition for forfeiture of properties filed pursuant to Republic Act No. 1379,[2] as amended.

In its petition[3] filed with the Sandiganbayan on 3 August 1987, petitioner, represented by the Presidential Committee on Good Government (PCGG), averred that respondent...