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Oscar E. Legaspi Vs. Serafin R. Cuevas etc., et al.

OSCAR E. LEGASPI, Petitioner, versus SERAFIN R. CUEVAS, in his capacity as SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FELICIANA C. OLALIA, PEROLINA ALAY-AY and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148243 | 2009-03-13

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Petitioners face criminal charges in connection with the 1986 killing of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Chairman Rolando Olalia and his driver, Leonor Alay-ay. These consolidated petitions ask us to consider whether petitioners are immune from prosecution for the Alay-ay/Olalia slayings by reason of a general grant of amnesty issued by President Fidel V. Ramos to rebels, insurgents and other persons who had committed crimes in furtherance of political ends. The Court of Appeals, in its Joint Decision[1] dated 29 December 1999, as well as in its Resolution[2] dated 22 May 2001, had held that they had not.

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