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Go vs. Olivas

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS OF JOVITO M. GO, AMELIA S. GO, petitioner, vs. GENERAL PROSPERO C. OLIVAS and MAJOR LEONARDO B. TRINIDAD, Commanding General of the METROCOM and Executive Officer and Detachments, PAF

G.R. No. L-44989 | 1976-11-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

On the face of an application for habeas corpus, filed on November 8, 1976, it would appear that there was an unwarranted deprivation of liberty calling for prompt and adequate judicial response. Petitioner sought the aid of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office of the Department of Justice on behalf of her husband Jovito M. Go, who, according to her, has been detained from the time of his apprehension on the evening of October 27, 1975, first at Camp Crame, Quezon City, and then at the HPC stockade of the said Camp, and thereafter beginning May 1, 1976, at the Sampaguita Rehabilitation Center, CAO,...