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In Re: Aquino vs. Enrile [DECISION]

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS OF BENIGNO S. AQUINO, JR., RAMON MITRA, JR., FRANCISCO RODRIGO, AND NAPOLEON RAMA, petitioners vs. HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE; GEN. ROMEO ESPINO, CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES; AND GEN. FIDEL V. RAMOS, CHIEF, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35546 and G.R. No. L-35538 and G.R. No. L-35539 and G.R. No. L-35540 and G.R. No. L-35547 and G.R. No. L-35556 and G.R. No. L-3 | 1974-09-17

D E C I S I O N
 
MAKALINTAL, C.J.:
 
These cases are all petitions for habeas corpus, the petitioners having been arrested and detained by the military by virtue of the President's Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972.
 
At the outset a word of clarification is in order.   This is not the decision of the Court in the sense that a decision represents a consensus of the required majority of its members not only on the judgment itself but also on the rationalization of the issues and the conclusions arrived at.  On the final result the vote is practically unanimous; this is a statement of my...