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BARRY LANIER AND PERLITA LANIER, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

BARRY LANIER AND PERLITA LANIER, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 189176 | 2014-03-19

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
While the determination of probable cause is primarily an executive function, the Court would not hesitate to interfere if there is a clear showing that Secretary of Justice gravely abused his discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in making his determination and in arriving at the conclusion he reached.

Guided by this principle, we shall resolve whether the Court of Appeals erred in reinstating the Information against petitioners.

Assailed in this Petition for Review is the Decision[1] and Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 85736...