De Asis, Miguel Francisco A.

Constitutional Law I
Case Digest

PERALTA v. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS

75 Phil 285 November 12, 1945

Facts:

Mr. Peralta was accused by the Court with the crime of robbery. He was then sentenced to
life imprisonment basing on the crime he had committed. As it was defined and based through
the penalization by Act No. 65 of the National Assembly of the Republic of the Philippines. He
asked for the petition claiming the idea of the habeas corpus which constitutes as a base of the
study of that with the Court of Special and the Exclusion Criminal Jurisdiction created by
Ordinance No. 7 in which the Political Instrument was present for Military purposes of Japan and
was repugnant with of that idea of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, that they couldnt
afford the fair trial of the case and which impairs the constitutional rights of the accused.

Issue:

The primary idea where the validity of the construction of the Court by Ordinance No. 7
will be the basis for the holdings of the case. The claim for the said jurisdiction for the penalty
that of life imprisonment for Mr Peralta would be valid. Basing the principle of Postilimony,
where the punitive sentence ceases to be valid from the time prior to the restoration of the
Commonwealth. Through the winning of the Court construction basing the Ordinance No. 7,
would be Constitutional.

Held:

On the primary subjective idea of the Court given to Mr Peralta would be Constitutional. And
that of, there was no room for the doubt to neglect the validity of the Ordinance No. 7 since then
that the criminal jurisdiction established by the invader was drawn entirely from the law martial
as it is defined in the usage of the Nation. As it is then given for the validity, the sentence redered
will be as it is for the result of its validity. As the idea was embrace with power and competence
of the occupant to the promulgation of the Act No. 65. In that case, all judgements of Political
cases during the Japanese regime would definitely valid due to the reoccupation of the territory
as well as the islands. Inasmuch as that the sentence given to the petitioner at the crime must be
ceased to be valid.