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Lilia B. Organo vs. Sandiganbayan and People

LILIA B. ORGANO, petitioner, vs. THE SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 133535 | 1999-09-09

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is a special civil action for certiorari with preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order assailing the resolutions of the Sandiganbayan, Fourth Division,[1] that denied petitioner's motion to quash the information in the case below, for lack of merit.

We grant the petition.

The facts are as follows:

On August 15, 1997, Special Prosecution Officer Jose T. de Jesus, Jr., filed with the Sandiganbayan an Information against petitioner, together with others, for the crime of "plunder" or violation of R. A. No. 7080, as amended by R. A. No. 7659.[2]

The Information reads as...