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Pablo G. Qui?on vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

PABLO G. QUI?ON, petitioner vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 113908 & 114819 | 1997-04-18

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, C.J.:

The special civil actions of certiorari and prohibition at bar treat of two (2) criminal actions, both against the same accused, herein petitioner, and both pending in the Sandiganbayan. One is docketed as Criminal Case No. 16279; the other, Criminal Case No. 19561.

Criminal Case No. 16279

On November 5, 1990, an information was filed in the Sandiganbayan against Pablo B. Quiñon, then the Station Commander of Calinog, Iloilo PC/INP, charging him with the felony of "malversation of public properties" under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code. The information alleged that on or about March 14,...