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Senator Estrada vs. Office of the Ombudsman

SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND ATTY. LEVITO D. BALIGOD, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 213473-74] JOHN RAYMUND DE ASIS, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 213538-39] JANET LIM NAPOLES, PETITIONER, VS. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 212761-62 | 2018-07-31

D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

The present consolidated[1] petitions for certiorari[2] filed by petitioners Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (Estrada), John Raymund de Asis (De Asis), and Janet Lim Napoles (Napoles) assail the Joint Resolution[3] dated 28 March 2014 and the Joint Order[4] dated 4 June 2014 of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-C-C-13-0313 and OMB-C-C-13-0397 finding probable cause to indict them, along with several others, for the crime of Plunder, defined and penalized under Section 2 of Republic Act No. (RA) 7080, as amended, and for violation of Section 3(e) of RA 3019.
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