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People vs. Sandiganbayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIFTH DIVISION), ALFONSO SERVANA CASURRA, LEONARDO LUIB EDERA, JR., JOCELYN ELEAZAR MONTEROS, MARIA SEPARA GEOTINA, ARMANDO MAPA ELUMBA, CARLO REYNALDO FAROLAN LOZADA, JR., AND ROSEMARIE V. PALACIO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 239878 | 2022-02-28

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
This petition for certiorari[1] assails the November 27, 2017 Resolution[2] and April 18, 2018 Resolution[3] of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. SB-17-CRM-1669 for being issued with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. The Resolutions granted the motion to quash information/dismiss the case[4] and motion (A) to quash/hold in abeyance the release of the warrant of arrest; and (B) to defer arraignment and other proceedings[5] filed by respondent Jocelyn Eleazar Monteros (Monteros), and the omnibus motion to quash information and to...