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Magante vs. Sandiganbayan

ELPIDIO TAGAAN MAGANTE, PETITIONER, V. SANDIGANBAYAN, (THIRD DIVISION) AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 230950-51 | 2018-07-23

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
Like the proverbial sharp sword of Damocles, the protracted pendency of a case hangs overhead by the slenderest single strand. And as Cicero quipped: "...there can be nothing happy for the person over whom some fear always looms."
 
Nature of the Case
 
For this Court's resolution is the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Resolutions dated January 9, 2017[1] and March 24, 2017[2] of herein respondent Sandiganbayan, 3rd Division, in Criminal Case Nos. SB-16-CRM-0773-0774, denying petitioner Elpidio...