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PEOPLE Vs. Court Of First Instance Of Quezon (Branch Vii), Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF QUEZON (BRANCH VII), GODOFREDO ARROZAL AND LUIS FLORES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46772 | 1992-02-13

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This petition seeks the annulment of the order of the Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Quezon in Criminal Case No. 1591, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Godofredo Arrozal, Luis Flores and twenty other John Does," dismissing the information filed therein.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

The private respondents were charged with the crime of qualified theft of logs, defined and punished under Section 68 of Presidential Decree No. 705, otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, in an
information which read:

"That on or about the 28th, 29th and 30th...