D E C I S I O N
DAVIDE, JR.,
J.:
I.
THE FACTS
Petitioners, who are corporate officers and members of the Board of Pepsi Cola Products
Phils., Inc. were prosecuted in connection with the Pepsi “Number Fever”
promotion by handlers of the supposedly winning “349” Pepsi crowns. Of
the four cases filed against the petitioners, probable cause was found by the
investigating prosecutor only for the crime of estafa, but not for the other
alleged offenses.
On 12 April 1993, the information was
filed with the trial court without anything accompanying it. A copy of the investigating
prosecutor’s Joint Resolution was forwarded to and received by the trial court
only on 22 April 1993. However, no
affidavits of the witnesses, transcripts of stenographic notes of the
proceedings during the preliminary investigation, or other documents submitted
in the course thereof were found in the records of the case as of 19 May 1993.
