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PEOPLE vs Sandiganbayan and Manuel Alba

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner versus SANDIGANBAYAN and MANUEL S. ALBA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 144159 | 2004-09-29

DECISION

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, as amended, for the nullification of the Resolution of the Sandiganbayan (SB) dated June 23, 2000, quashing the Information in Criminal Case No. 25653 and acquitting the respondent of the crime charged therein.

The Antecedents

On February 17, 1999, an Affidavit-Complaint was filed by Luis G. Pabalan in the Office of the Ombudsman against the respondent, then City Administrator Manuel S. Alba of Quezon City, and the Chairman of Iglesia Evangelica Metodista En Las Islas Filipinas (IEMELIF), Jeremias T. Cruz. The case was docketed as OMB-0-99-0346...