JUSTICE MARTIN VILLARAMA, JR.: TRANSFER OF PERSON UNDER DETENTION: THE POWER TO ORDER THE RELEASE OR TRANSFER OF A PERSON UNDER DETENTION BY LEGAL PROCESS IS VESTED IN THE COURT, NOT IN THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, MUCH LESS THE GOVERNOR

TRANSFER OF PERSON UNDER DETENTION:  the power to order the release or transfer of a person under detention by legal process is vested in the court, not in the provincial government, much less the governor: Indubitably, the power to order the release or transfer of a person under detention by legal process is vested in the court, not in the provincial government, much less the governor (Ruperto A. Ambil, Jr. vs. Sandiganbayan and People of the Phils. G.R. No. 175457, July 6, 2011, VILLARAMA, JR., J.).