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Gen. Razon, Jr., chief, Philippine National Police (PNP) vs. Mary Jean B. Tagitis

GEN. AVELINO I. RAZON, JR., Chief, Philippine National Police (PNP); Police Chief Superintendent RAUL CASTANEDA, Chief, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG); Police Senior Superintendent LEONARDO A. ESPINA, Chief, Police Anti-Crime and Emergency Response (PACER); and GEN. JOEL R. GOLTIAO, Regional Director of ARMM, PNP, Petitioners, versus MARY JEAN B. TAGITIS, herein represented by ATTY. FELIPE P. ARCILLA, JR., Attorney-in-Fact, Respondent

G.R. No. 182498 | 2009-12-03

D E C I S I O N 
 
BRION, J.: 
 
We review in this petition for review on certiorari[1] the decision dated March 7, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in C.A-G.R. AMPARO No. 00009.[2] This CA decision confirmed the enforced disappearance of Engineer Morced N. Tagitis (Tagitis)aand granted the Writ of Amparo at the petition of his wife, Mary Jean B. Tagitis (respondent). The dispositive portion of the CA decision reads: 
 
WHEREFORE, premises considered, petition is hereby GRANTED. The Court hereby FINDS that this is an "enforced disappearance" within the meaning of the United Nations instruments, as used in...