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PEOPLE vs. Jesus Arlegui, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HON. JESUS ARLEGUI, Judge - Court of First Instance of Batangas, Branch VII, and WILLIAM ESPA?OLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62117 G.R. No. L-62117 | 1984-04-02

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the order of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, Branch VII, dismissing on a motion to quash Criminal Case No. 2170 entitled "People of the Philippines v. William Española" on the ground that from the language used in the information in relation to the Presidential Decrees punishing the alleged offense, it is not clear that an offense was committed and that the supposed penal statutes "are not prohibitive but rather permissive and preceptive statutes."

Respondent Española was charged in an information which reads:

"The undersigned...