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PERLAS-BERNABE,J.:
Assailed in these consolidated Petitions for Certiorari1
are the October 6, 20092 and February 10, 20103
Resolutions of public respondent First Division of
Sandiganbayan (SB), denying the Motion to Quash4 dated
July 8, 2009 filed by petitioner Rafael L. Coscolluela
(Coscolluela). The said motion was adopted by petitioners
Edwin N. Nacionales (Nacionales), Dr. Ernesto P. Malvas
(Malvas), and Jose Ma. G. Amugod (Amugod), praying for
the dismissal of Crim. Case No. SB-09-CRM-0154 for
violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases.
The Facts
Coscolluela served as governor of the Province of Negros
Occidental (Province) for three (3) full terms which ended
on
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1 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 3-27; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 4-22.
2 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 48-51; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 26-
29. Penned by Associate Justice Rodolfo A. Ponferrada, with Associate
Justices Norberto Y. Geraldez and Alexander G. Gesmundo, concurring.
3 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 52-54; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 32-
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4 Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 41-50.
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5 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 183.
6 Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 51-53.
7 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 112-115; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp.
132-135.
8 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 114.
9 Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), p. 57. Coscolluela filed his counter-affidavit
on November 13, 2002.
10 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 43-47. See Information dated March
27, 2003.
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11 Id., at p. 186.
12 Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 41-50.
13 Id., at pp. 54-62.
14 Id., at pp. 59-60.
15 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 48-51; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 26-
29.
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16 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 50; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), p. 28.
17 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 50; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), p. 28.
18 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 31-42 for Coscolluela; Rollo (G.R. No.
191871), pp. 36-40 for Nacionales, Malvas, and Amugod.
19 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 39; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), p. 38.
20 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), pp. 52-54; Rollo (G.R. No. 191871), pp. 32-
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24 Id., at p. 733.
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25 Enriquez v. Office of the Ombudsman, supra note 22, at pp. 627-
630.
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26 Rollo (G.R. No. 191411), p. 186.
27 352 Phil. 557, 582-583; 289 SCRA 721, 744 (1998).
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28 407 U.S. 514 (1972).
29 Corpuz v. Sandiganbayan, 484 Phil. 899, 917; 442 SCRA 294, 312
(2004). (Citations omitted)
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30 Mari v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 187728, September 12, 2011, 657 SCRA 414,
423.
31 Corpuz v. Sandiganbayan, supra note 29 at pp. 917-919; pp. 313-314.
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32 383 Phil. 897, 905; 327 SCRA 145, 152 (2000). (Citations omitted)
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33 Section 2, Rule 111 of the Rules of Court partly provides:
SEC.2.When separate civil action is suspended.
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The extinction of the penal action does not carry with it extinction of
the civil action. However, the civil action based on delict may be deemed
extinguished if there is a finding in a final judgment in the criminal
action that the act or omission from which the civil liability may arise did
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34 G.R. No. 80130, August 19, 1991, 200 SCRA 806, 814-815.
35 240 Phil. 326, 331; 156 SCRA 325, 330 (1987).
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36 Section 2, Rule 120 of the Rules of Court partly provides:
SEC.2.Contents of the Judgment.
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In case the judgment is of acquittal, it shall state whether the
evidence of the prosecution absolutely failed to prove the guilt of the
accused or merely failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In
either case, the judgment shall determine if the act or omission
from which the civil liability might arise did not exist. (Emphasis
supplied)
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