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Jaylo vs. Sandiganbayan

REYNALDO H. JAYLO, WILLIAM VALENZONA AND ANTONIO G. HABALO, PETITIONERS, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HEIRS OF COL. ROLANDO DE GUZMAN, FRANCO CALANOG AND AVELINO MANGUERA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 183152-54 | 2015-01-21

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

SERENO, C.J.:

What are the repercussions of the failure of the accused to appear, without justifiable cause, at the promulgation of a judgment of conviction? With the resolution of this singular issue, the Court writes finis to the 24-year-old controversy before us.
 
Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision1 of the Sandiganbayan finding petitioners guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide. Petitioners also challenge the Resolution dated 29 November 20072 issued by the same court, which took no action on the motion...