#45 CAJIPE v. PEOPLE
RE: When warrant of arrest may issue
FACTS:
Before the DOJ, Lilian filed a complaint charging multiple murder against certain police officers
from the PNP-HPG and PNP-SAF who were involved in the police action that led to the shooting of her
husband and their daughter. After preliminary investigation, the DOJ filed the Information before the RTC
indicting all the police officers charged in the complaint. On the following day, the HPG group of accused
police officers filed an omnibus motion for judicial determination of probable cause with a prayer to hold
in abeyance the issuance of warrants for their arrest. The RTC issued warrants of arrest against the SAF
officers but dismissed the case against the HPG officers for lack of probable cause. Lilian moved for
reconsideration of the dismissal but it was denied.
For a period of 112 days after receipt of the order of dismissal by the public prosecutor, the OSG via Rule
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- Spring '14
