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Maturan vs PEOPLE

ANTONIO BALAY MATURAN, Petitioner, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE HONORABLE OMBUDSMAN and THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 150353-54 | 2004-07-27

DECISION

QUISUMBING, J.:



This petition for review seeks to annul the Order dated September 12, 2001 of the Office of the Ombudsman in Criminal Cases Nos. 24635-24636, adopting the recommendation of the Office of the Chief Legal Counsel of the Ombudsman, which found probable cause for filing charges against the petitioner for violation of Sec. 3 (e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019), as amended.[1]

The records show that the abovenumbered cases stemmed from the complaints filed with the Office of the Ombudsman for Mindanao by one Amado S. Teposo averring that petitioner, who was then the municipal...