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Manuel, et al. vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

CELSO M. MANUEL, EVANGELISTA A. MERU, FLORANTE A. MIANO, AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (FOURTH DIVISION), MELCHOR M. MALLARE AND ELIZABETH GOSUDAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 161133] MELCHOR M. MALLARE AND ELIZABETH GOSUDAN, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 158413 | 2012-02-08

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION 
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
These consolidated petitions question an interlocutory order of the Sandiganbayan as well as its decision and resolution in Criminal Case No. 25673 for malversation of public funds, entitled People of the Philippines v. Melchor M. Mallare and Elizabeth M. Gosudan.
 
In the earlier petition, G.R. No. 158413, the petitioners, Celso M. Manuel, Evangelista A. Meru and Florante A. Miano (petitioners), question the May 20, 2002 Resolution[1] of the Sandiganbayan granting the Motion to Re-open Proceedings filed by the accused after their conviction in the September 17, 2001 Decision[2]...