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Trinidad vs. Office of the Ombudsman 539 SCRA 415

WILFREDO M. TRINIDAD, Petitioner, versus OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN THRU THE OMBUDSMAN SIMEON V. MARCELO AND DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN VICTOR C. FERNANDEZ, ASIA'S EMERGING DRAGON CORPORATION, AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166038 | 2007-12-04

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Challenged via petition for certiorari and prohibition are the Resolution of September 16, 2004 and Order of November 9, 2004 of the Office of the Ombudsman in OMB L-C-03-0786-F[1] which found probable cause to hale into court petitioner Wilfredo M. Trinidad, inter alia, for violation of Section 3(j) and Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act[2] in connection with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport International Passenger Terminal III Project (NAIA IPT III Project) of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC).

The Office of the Ombudsman in fact filed two Informations...