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Salcedo vs. The Honorable Third Division of the Sandiganbayan

NEPTALI P. SALCEDO, PETITIONER, V. THE HONORABLE THIRD DIVISION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 223869-960 | 2019-02-13

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before this Court is a petition for certiorari filed by petitioner Neptali P. Salcedo (Salcedo) seeking to reverse and set aside the January 23, 2015[1] and the February 12, 2016[2] Resolutions issued by the Special Third Division of the Sandiganbayan (Sandiganbayan) in Criminal Cases Nos. SB-13-CRM-0001 to 0046 and SB-13-CRM-0047 to 0092.
 
The antecedent facts are as follows:
 
Culled from the record, it appears that on October 8, 2007, then Congressman Neil C. Tupas, Jr. (Cong. Tupas, Jr.) of the Fifth District of Iloilo requested the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct...