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Peralta vs. Director of Prisons 75 Phil 285 [CONCURRING OPINION, DE JOYA, J.]

WILLIAM F. PERALTA, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent. [CONCURRING OPINION, DE JOYA, J.]

G.R. No. L-49 | 1945-11-12

SEPARATE OPINION

DE JOYA, J., concurring:


The principal question involved in this case is the validity of the judicial proceedings held in criminal case No. 66 of the Court of Special and Exclusive Criminal Jurisdiction, established in the City of Manila, during Japanese occupation, under the authority of Ordinance No. 7, issued by the President of the so-called Philippine Republic, and the effect on said proceedings of the proclamation of General Douglas MacArthur, dated October 23, 1944. 

In said criminal case, herein petitioner was accused of the crime of robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 21, 1944. 

There can...