Orozco was accused of arbitrarily detaining Arthur Medina by delaying delivering him to judicial authorities. Medina was arrested on November 7, 1965 for allegedly killing Marcelo Sangalang and held at Caloocan City Jail. An information was not filed until November 10, three days later. However, the Supreme Court found that Orozco did not commit arbitrary detention because November 7 was a Sunday, November 8 was a holiday, and November 9 was an election day, making it difficult for the fiscal and judge to file the complaint in a timely manner. The Supreme Court determined these circumstances showed Orozco was not liable for arbitrary detention under Article 125.
Orozco was accused of arbitrarily detaining Arthur Medina by delaying delivering him to judicial authorities. Medina was arrested on November 7, 1965 for allegedly killing Marcelo Sangalang and held at Caloocan City Jail. An information was not filed until November 10, three days later. However, the Supreme Court found that Orozco did not commit arbitrary detention because November 7 was a Sunday, November 8 was a holiday, and November 9 was an election day, making it difficult for the fiscal and judge to file the complaint in a timely manner. The Supreme Court determined these circumstances showed Orozco was not liable for arbitrary detention under Article 125.
Orozco was accused of arbitrarily detaining Arthur Medina by delaying delivering him to judicial authorities. Medina was arrested on November 7, 1965 for allegedly killing Marcelo Sangalang and held at Caloocan City Jail. An information was not filed until November 10, three days later. However, the Supreme Court found that Orozco did not commit arbitrary detention because November 7 was a Sunday, November 8 was a holiday, and November 9 was an election day, making it difficult for the fiscal and judge to file the complaint in a timely manner. The Supreme Court determined these circumstances showed Orozco was not liable for arbitrary detention under Article 125.
GR NO. L26723 December 22, 1966 FACTS: On November 7, 1965 at 12:00PM, petitioner Arthur Medina was arrested and incarcerated in the Caloocan City Jail. He was allegedly one of those responsible for the death of one Marcelo Sangalang. At around 9:00AM of that same day, the case against Medina and two others was referred to a fiscal, who forthwith conducted preliminary investigation in petitioner's presence. Only on November 10, 1965 that an information was filed against them in the Caloocan of the Court of First Instance of Rizal. The court promptly ordered them to be committed to jail. ISSUE: Whether or not Orozco committed arbitrary detention by delay in the delivery of the detained person to proper judicial authorities. HELD: No, Orozco did not violate article 125, arbitrary detention by delay in the delivery of the detained person to proper judicial authorities. It was a fact that only after 75 hours that an information was filed at the Caloocan Branch of the Court of First Instance of Rizal but this does not equate to arbitrary detention because to consider that November 7 was a Sunday, November 8 was declared an official holiday and November 9 was an election day. It would not be an easy task for a fiscal to look for personnels of the court and the judge likewise to properly file the complaint. These considerations were taken into by the Supreme Court in holding that Orozco can't be liable for arbitrary detention under article 125.