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

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

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

SEPARATE OPINION

PERFECTO, J., concurring: 

On October 21, 1944, petitioner William F. Peralta began to serve, in the Muntinlupa Prison Camp, a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Court of Special and Exclusive Criminal Jurisdiction, created by Ordinance No. 7 issued by President Laurel of the Republic of the Philippines under the Japanese regime, and now seeks a writ of habeas corpus in order that his liberty may be restored to him, contending that said Ordinance No. 7 was null and void ab initio because it was of a political complexion and its provisions are violative of the fundamental laws of the Commonwealth of the...