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Federico Poblete, et al vs Hon Justice Sandoval, et al

FEDERICO A. POBLETE, BIENVENIDO C. POBRE, JUANITO GALANG, RICARDO FLORES, SALVADOR OLAES, LEO V. PADILLA AND PEDRO PATERNO, Petitioner, versus HONORABLE JUSTICES EDILBERTO G. SANDOVAL, GODOFREDO L. LEGASPI and RAOUL V. VICTORINO, in their capacity as Associate Justices of the Sandiganbayan, Second Division, HEDELIZA C. ANTHONY, ROSALINDA M. ESPIRITU, ANDREA D. VIASON, JOSEPHINE N. RANCE, and MARITES C. MIRAFLOR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150610 | 2004-03-25

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Assailed via petition for certiorari are the Sandiganbayan October 10, 2001 Resolution[1] denying petitioners' Motion to Quash the first amended information filed against them, and November 8, 2001 Resolution[2] granting the prosecution's Motion to Admit the second amended information.

The antecedents of the case are as follows:

On September 27, 1999, the officers of Samahan ng Lahing Mandaragat ng Pulborista, Inc., a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization based in Barangay Pulborista, Binakayan, Kawit, Cavite, filed a complaint[3] before the Office of the Ombudsman against the following...