Back

Diosdado Jose Allado vs. Roberto C. Diokno

DIOSDADO JOSE ALLADO and ROBERTO L. MENDOZA, petitioners, vs. HON. ROBERTO C. DIOKNO, Presiding Judge, Br. 62, Regional Trial Court, Makati, Metro Manila, and PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 113630 | 1994-05-05

D E C I S I O N 
 
BELLOSILLO, J.: 
 
On balance at the fulcrum once again are the intrinsic right of the State to prosecute perceived transgressors of the law, which can be regulated, and the innate value of human liberty, which can hardly be weighed. 
 
Some twelve years ago we are confronted with a similar problem when former Senator Jovito R. Salonga invoked before this Court his "right to life and liberty guaranteed by the due process clause, alleging that no prima facie case has been established to warrant the filing of an information for subversion against him." 1 We resolved the issue then and...