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Ventura vs. People

ALFREDO VENTURA y YLARDE, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and DIRECTOR VICENTE RAVAL, Bureau of Prisons Muntinlupa, Rizal, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46576 | 1978-11-06

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The crucial question in this application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Alfredo Ventura y Ylarde arose from his continued confinement dating from May 27, 1968 after the filing of an information against him for double homicide with physical injuries with the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan. 1 Though admittedly he was subsequently convicted in a decision rendered on April 2, 1970, an appeal was duly perfected to the Court of Appeals. 2 The grievance set forth in his petition is that the pendency of such appeal all these years amounts to a denial of his constitutional right to the speedy disposition...