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2001-09-04 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Preliminary investigation is not part of the due process guaranteed by the Constitution.[15] It is an inquiry to determine whether there is sufficient ground to engender a well-founded belief that a crime has been committed and the respondent is probably guilty thereof.[16] Instead, the right to a preliminary investigation is personal. It is afforded to the accused by statute, and can be waived, either expressly or by implication.[17] The waiver extends to any irregularity in the preliminary investigation, where one was conducted. | |||||