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Reyes vs. The Honorable Ombudsman etc.

JESSICA LUCILA G. REYES, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE OMBUDSMAN, Respondent. x-----------------------------------x G.R. Nos. 213163-78 JESSICA LUCILA G. REYES, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (THIRD DIVISION) and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. x-----------------------------------x G.R. Nos. 213540-41 JANET LIM NAPOLES, Petitioner vs. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES in her official capacity as OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SADINGANBAYAN, Respondents. x-----------------------------------x G.R. Nos. 213542-43 JO CHRISTINE NAPOLES and JAMES CHRISTOPHER NAPOLES, Petitioner, vs. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES in her official capacity as OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SADINGANBAYAN, Respondents. x-----------------------------------x G.R. Nos. 215880-94 JO CHRISTINE NAPOLES and JAMES CHRISTOPHER NAPOLES, Petitioner, vs. SADIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents. x-----------------------------------x JOHN RAYMUND DE ASIS, Petitioner, vs. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES in her official capacity as OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SADIGANBAYAN (Third Division), Respondents. Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BRION,* PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA,** and CAGUIOA,JJ.

G.R. Nos. 212593-94 | 2016-03-15

DECISION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
In dealing with probable cause[,] as the very name implies, we deal with probabilities. These are not technical; they are the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act. The standard of proof is accordingly correlative to what must be proved."1
 
Before this Court are consolidated2 petitions3 which commonly assail the Joint Resolution4 dated March 28, 2014 and the Joint Order5 dated June 4, 2014 of the office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-C-C-13-0318 and OMB-C-C-13-0396 finding probable cause for the crimes of...