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Festin vs. Morfe, et al.

MANUEL MARTINEZ Y FESTIN, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JESUS P. MORFE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA, and THE CITY WARDEN OF MANILA, respondents./FERNANDO BAUTISTA, SR., petitioner, vs. HON. FRANCISCO MA. CHANCO, Presiding Judge, Court of First

G.R. No. L-34022/G.R. Nos. L-34046-7 | 1972-03-24

FERNANDO, J:


The question raised in these certiorari proceedings, one to which no authoritative answer has been yielded by past decisions, is the scope to be accorded the constitutional immunity of senators and representatives from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of Congress and in going to and returning from the same except in cases of treason, felony and breach of the peace. 1 Petitioners Manuel Martinez y Festin 2 and Fernando Bautista, Sr., 3 as delegates of the present Constitutional Convention would invoke what they consider to be the protection of the above constitutional provision, if considered in connection with...