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Martin Gibbs Fletcher vs. The Director of Bureau of Corrections or his representative

MARTIN GIBBS FLETCHER, Petitioner, versus THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS or his representative, Respondent.

UDK-14071 | 2009-07-17

R E S O L U T I O N


CORONA, J.:

Petitioner Martin Gibbs Fletcher seeks his release from prison in this petition for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus. He claims that his prison sentence of 12 to 17 years was commuted by then President Fidel V. Ramos to nine to 12 years. Since he had already served 14 years, three months and 12 days, including his good conduct allowance, his continued imprisonment is illegal.[1]

In its return to the writ, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) posited that the petition should be denied for failure to comply with Section 3, Rule 102 of the Rules of Court. In particular, the petition was neither...