G.R. No. 162214 - MARIALEN C. CORPUZ AND ANTONIO H. ROMAN, SR., VS. THE SANDIGANBAYAN (SPECIAL FOURTH DIVISION) AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the dismissal of these cases orally ordered in open court by the Chairman of the Fourth Division during its court session held on August 20, 2001, and reiterated in his subsequent ponencia , is hereby set aside. xxx. 4.16 Petitioners filed their Motion for Reconsideration dated 11 February 2002 from the questioned Resolution dated 4 February 2002 on 18 February 2002. A copy of petitioners Motion for Reconsideration dated 11 February 2002 is attached to this Petition, and made an integral part of it, as its Annex E. [6] Several of the other accused also filed similar motions for reconsideration and/or motions to quash/dismiss which the prosecution opposed. [7] On December 12, 2003, the Sandiganbayan, by unanimous vote, issued a Resolution denying all the motions respectively filed by the accused, including the petitioners: WHEREFORE, for lack of merit, the court issues an Omnibus Resolution denying all the above described motions for reconsideration . This disposition renders moot and academic the resolution of the court dated May 6, 2002 penned by Justice Narciso S. Nario, which deferred action on the Manifestation of the prosecution considering that there is no need for the court to act on the same, as the Manifestation was filed merely for the courts information on the action taken by the Office of the Special Prosecutor on the various motions for reconsideration filed by the accused in these cases. SO ORDERED.