064. SAMUEL BARREDO v. HON.

VICENTE VINARAO, Director of Bureau of Corrections

G.R. No. 168728; August 2, 2007
First Division; P. Corona, J.

A petition for a writ of habeas where the petitioner is in custody by virtue of a valid judgment, the
petition should be denied. The writ of habeas corpus applies to all cases of illegal confinement,
detention or deprivation of liberty. However, a writ of habeas corpus may be allowed under
exceptional circumstances such as: (1) there was a deprivation of a constitutional right resulting in
the restraint of a person; (2) the court had no jurisdiction to impose the sentence; or (3) the
imposed penalty was excessive, thus voiding the sentence as to such excess.

073. CECILIO HERNANDEZ, et. al. v. JOVITA SAN JUAN-SANTOS

G.R. No. 166470; August 7, 2009

CECILIO HERNANDEZ, et. al. v. JOVITA SAN JUAN-SANTOS

G.R. No. 169217; August 7, 2009

FIRST DIVISION; P. Corona, J.

In a petition for habeas corpus where the petitioner is judicial guardian, the petition should be
granted because a judicial ward is duty-bound to care for an protect her ward and to perform the
these obligations, the guardian must have custody of the ward. If the guardian is unduly deprived
of the custody of his or her ward, the guardian is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus.