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Ejercito vs. Sandiganbayan

JOSE "JINGGOY" P. EJERCITO ESTRADA AND MA. PRESENTACION VITUG EJERCITO, PETITIONERS, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIFTH DIVISION); ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL, REPRESENTED BY ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JULIA C. BACAY-ABAD; AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 217682 | 2018-07-17

R E S O L U T I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
By petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus, the petitioners seek to annul and set aside the resolution promulgated on February 2, 2015,[1] whereby the Sandiganbayan denied their Urgent Motion to Suppress/Exclude (The Inquiry Report on the Bank Transactions Related to the Alleged Involvement of Senator Jose P. "Jinggoy" Ejercito Estrada in the PDAF Scam, and the Testimony of Witness Atty. Orlando C. Negradas, Jr. Thereon) (motion to suppress) filed in Criminal Case No. SB-14-CRM-0239, a prosecution for plunder.[2]
 
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