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Reynes vs. Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas)

CARLOS L. REYNES, PETITIONER, V. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN (VISAYAS), LUCRESIA M. AMORES, AND MARIBEL HONTIVEROS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 223405 | 2019-02-20

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Determining probable cause for the filing of a criminal information is an executive function. Resolutions made by public prosecutors in exercise of this function shall generally not be disturbed by courts.[1] However, determinations that arbitrarily disregard the jurisprudential parameters for determining probable cause are tainted with grave abuse of discretion.[2] Such iniquitous determinations are correctible by certiorari.[3] A public prosecutor who does not merely disregard, but even grossly misinterprets to the point of distorting evidence and the Revised Penal Code's standards...