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Yu vs. Sandiganbayan
PARDO, J.:
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What is before the Court is a petition for certiorari with
prohibition and an application for preliminary injunction
and temporary restraining order.
Petitioners alleged that the Ombudsman committed
grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of
jurisdiction in finding that there was probable cause to
indict them for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt
Practices Act particularly Section 3 (e) thereof. And that
the Sandiganbayan also committed grave abuse of
discretion in sustaining such finding and persisting to try
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the case in SB Case No. 23454.
On March 23, 1994, the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon
received a Joint Affidavit and Criminal Complaint from the
members of the Sangguniang Bayan, Rosales, Pangasinan
namely, Eddie Patawaran, Leon Lucido, Susan P. Casareno
and Cris Coloma charging Municipal Mayor Remegio P. Yu,
Municipal Vice-Mayor Michael S. Cosue and Municipal
Treasurer Julieta M. Fernandez and Rodolfo
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Hence, this petition.
Petitioners raise the following issues:
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16 Petition, Rollo, pp. 11-30. On August 9, 2000, we gave due course to the
petition (Rollo, pp. 215-216).
17 Ibid., Rollo, p. 20.
18 Petition, Rollo, p. 21.
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Petition dismissed.
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23 Ibid., p. 459.
24 Dungog vs. Court of Appeals, 159 SCRA 145 (1988).
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