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Republic of the Phil. etc. Vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), Petitioner, versus SANDIGANBAYAN (Second Division) and FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. (as executor of the estate of FERDINAND E. MARCOS), Respondents.

G.R. No. 148154 | 2007-12-17

RESOLUTION


QUISUMBING, J.:

The propriety of filing and granting of a motion for a bill of particulars filed for the estate of a defaulting and deceased defendant is the main issue in this saga of the protracted legal battle between the Philippine government and the Marcoses on alleged ill-gotten wealth.

This special civil action for certiorari[1] assails two resolutions of the Sandiganbayan ("anti-graft court" or "court") issued during the preliminary legal skirmishes in this 20-year case:[2] (1) the January 31, 2000 Resolution[3] which granted the motion for a bill of particulars filed by executor Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. (respondent)...