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Figueroa vs. Sandiganbayan

RENE C. FIGUEROA, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN, SPECIAL THIRD DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR AND PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 235965-66 | 2022-02-15

LOPEZ, M., J.:
 
An accused has no duty to bring himself to trial.[1] The accused must be spared from the rigors and expense of a full-blown trial where it is clear that inordinate and vexatious delays crept the conduct of preliminary investigation which are violative of the constitutional guarantee to speedy disposition of cases.[2] We apply these precepts in this Petition for Certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Sandiganbayan's Resolution dated October 11, 2017 in SB16-CRM-0326 and SB16-CRM-0327.
 
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On June 21, 2011, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming...