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Ruperto Ambil, Jr. vs Sandiganbayan and People

RUPERTO A. AMBIL, JR., PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. ALEXANDRINO R. APELADO, SR., PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 175457 and G.R. No. 175482 | 2011-07-06

FIRST DIVISION 
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
Before us are two consolidated petitions for review on certiorari filed by petitioner Ruperto A. Ambil, Jr.[1] and petitioner Alexandrino R. Apelado Sr.[2] assailing the Decision[3] promulgated on September 16, 2005 and Resolution[4] dated November 8, 2006 of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 25892.
 
The present controversy arose from a letter[5] of Atty. David B. Loste, President of the Eastern Samar Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), to the Office of the Ombudsman, praying for an investigation into the alleged transfer of then...