CASE 2016-0046:  G.R. NO. 220598 – GLORIA MACAPAGALARROYO, PETITIONER,  -VERSUS- PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN  RESPONDENTS; G.R. NO. 220953: BENIGNO B. AGUAS, PETITIONER, -VERSUS- SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), RESPONDENT (19 JULY 2016, BERSAMIN, J.) (BRIEF TITLE: ARROYO AND AGUAS VS. SANDIGANBAYAN)

                               

DISPOSITIVE:

 

“WHEREFORE, the Court GRANTS the petitions for certiorari; ANNULS and SETS ASIDE the resolutions issued in Criminal Case No. SB-12-CRM-0174 by the Sandiganbayan on April 6, 2015 and September 10, 2015; GRANTS the petitioners’ respective demurrers to evidence; DISMISSES Criminal Case No. SB-12-CRM-0174 as to the petitioners GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO and BENIGNO AGUAS for insufficiency of evidence; ORDERS the immediate release from detention of said petitioners; and MAKES no pronouncements on costs of suit.

 

SO ORDERED.”

 

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