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Jose E. Luneta, et al. vs. Special Military Commission NO. I, et al.

JOSE LUNETA, PETER MUTUC, ROBERT AZARCON, MANUEL CHIONGSON, FERNANDO TAYAG, HERMENIGILDO GARCIA IV, EDGAR PILAPIL, WINIFREDO HILAO, TEODORICO RAMIREZ, ROMEO ENRIQUEZ, ARCHILLES SIMON, JOVITA VALIENTE, DOMINGO LUNETA, ZENAIDA DELICALUNETA, DELFIN DELICA, AMARYLLIS HILAO, VIOLETA SEVANDAL, EDGARDO MARANAN, AIDA SANTOS-MARANAN, ANACLETO OCAMPO, SATURNINO OCAMPO, FRANCISCO LUNETA, JULIUS FORTUNA, ERNESTO LUNETA, BENILDO CARLOS, MILAGROS ASTORGA-GARCIA, JEAN CACAYORIN-TAYAG, FIDEL AGCAOILI, ROSARIO AGCAOILI, TENARIO RIVERA, BONIFACIO ILAGAN, and ARTURO AGANA, petitioners, vs. SPECIAL MILITARY COMMISSION NO. I; THE TRIAL COUNSEL OF SPECIAL MILITARY COMMISSION NO. I; and THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49473 | 1981-01-16

D E C I S I O N


BARREDO, J.:

Petition in G.R. No. L-49473, denominated and defined by petitioners themselves as for:

"Nature Of Petition And Issues

"2.01. Habeas Corpus. - Insofar as petitioners named in paragraph 1.01. above as being under detention at Camp Bagong Diwa (formerly Bicutan Rehabilitation Center), Taguig, Rizal, and at MSU, Fort Bonifacio, Rizal, are concerned, this is a petition for Habeas Corpus based upon two grounds:

(a) That their right to a speedy trial has been violated, since most of them were arrested in 1974, brought to trial only on July 7, 1977, before Military Commission No. 1 as Case No. MC-1-92, and the...