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Rolando Mangubat vs. Sandiganbayan, etal.

ROLANDO R. MANGUBAT, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-52872-52997 | 1987-01-30

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

Between March 1 to April 4, 1979, one hundred twenty six (126) cases were filed by the Tanodbayan with the respondent Sandiganbayan, charging certain officials of Region VII of the Ministry of Public Highways, one of whom is the herein petitioner Rolando Mangubat as the then Chief Accountant I, together with certain officials and employees of the Danao City Highways Engineering District (hereinafter called "Danao HED" for brevity) and certain contractors and suppliers, with having committed the crime of estafa thru falsification of public documents.

All the 126 informations are identically worded except as to...