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Cesar E.A. Virata Vs. Sandiganbayan, Et Al.

CESAR E.A. VIRATA, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 106527 | 1993-04-06

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This petition is a sequel to Virata vs. Sandiganbayan 1 and Mapa vs. Sandiganbayan 2 which were jointly decided by this Court on 15 October 1991. 3

Petitioner is among the forty-four (44) co-defendants of Benjamin (Kokoy) Romualdez in a complaint filed by the Republic of the Philippines with the respondent Sandiganbayan on 31 July 1987. 4 The complaint was amended thrice, the last amendment thereto is denominated as the Second Amended Complaint, as expanded per the Court-Approved Manifestation/Motion dated 8 December 1987. 5

Petitioner moved to dismiss the said case, insofar as he is concerned, on...