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People of the Philippines Vs. Hon. Sandiganbayan, First Division and Third Division Hernando Benito Perez, Rosario Perez, Ramon Arceo and Enest Escaler/People of the Philippines Vs. Hon. Sandiganbayan, First Division and Third Division Hernando Benito Perez, Rosario Perez, Ramon Arceo, Enest Escaler and Ramon Castillo Arceo, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION & THIRD DIVISION, HERNANDO BENITO PEREZ, ROSARIO PEREZ, RAMON ARCEO and ERNEST ESCALER, Respondents. G.R. No. 188165 _______________________________ PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, vs. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, SECOND DIVISION, HERNANDO BENITO PEREZ, ROSARIO SALVADOR PEREZ, ERNEST DE LEON ESCALER and RAMON CASTILLO ARCEO, JR., Respondents,

G.R. No. 188165/G.R. No. 189063 | 2013-12-11

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

BERSAMIN, J.:

The guarantee of the speedy disposition of cases under Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution applies to all cases pending before all judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative bodies. Thus, the fact-finding investigation should not be deemed separate from the preliminary investigation conducted by the Office of the Ombudsman if the aggregate time spent for both constitutes inordinate and oppressive delay in the disposition of any case.

The Case

The Court resolves the petitions for certiorari the State instituted to assail and nullify, in G.R. No. 188165, the...