CASE DIGEST

Mary Valery C. Gonzales

JD-2
Lagman vs. Medialdea
G.R. No. 231658

Facts

Issues

1. Whether or not the petitions docked as G.R. nos. 231771, and 231774 are the
“appropriate proceeding “covered by paragraph 3, section 18, article VII of the
Constitution sufficient to invoke the mode of review inquired of this court when a
declaration of martial law or the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus is promulgated.

2. Whether or not the President in declaring martial law and suspending the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus:

 Is required to be factually correct or only not arbitrary in his appreciation of

facts:
 Is required to obtain the favorable recommendation thereon of the secretary
of National Defense.
 Is required to takeinto account onlythe situation at the time of the
proclamation, even ifff subsequent events prove the situation to have not been
accurately reported.

3. whether or not the power of this Court to review the sufficiency of tlie
factualbasis [of] the proclamation of martial law or the suspension of the privilege of
the writ of habeas corpus is independent of the actual actiorls that have been taken by
Congress jointly or separately.