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Gerry Toyoto, et al. Vs. Fidel Ramos, et al.

GERRY TOYOTO, EDDIE GONZALES, DOMINADOR GABIANA AND REY CINCO, petitioners, vs. HON. FIDEL RAMOS, CAPTAIN ALVAREZ AND CAPTAIN BALLEN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-69270 | 1985-10-15

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is a petition for habeas corpus and the problem posed is whether the State can "reserve" the power to re-arrest the petitioners even after they had been acquitted by a court of competent jurisdiction for the offense for which they had been previously arrested.

The following are taken from the petition and have not been contradicted by the respondents:

Gerry Toyoto, Eddie Gonzales and Dominador Gabiana belong to a group called the "Urban Poor" which conducted a march, demonstration and rally along Northbay Boulevard in Navotas, Metro Manila, on October 23, 1983.

Subsequently, Toyoto, Gonzales and...