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Felipe Toribio, Et Al. Vs. Temistocles B. Diez, Et Al.

FELIPE TORIBIO and JULIAN LABRADOR, petitioners, vs. HON. TEMISTOCLES B. DIEZ, Judge, Regional Trial Court, Negros Oriental (Branch 37), and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 84623 | 1992-05-08

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

At issue in this case is the timeliness and propriety of the petitioners' application for probation in view of the amendment of Presidential Decree No. 968 in accordance with which such an application could be filed even if an appeal from a judgment of conviction had been perfected by Presidential Decree No. 1990 providing that "no application for probation shall be entertained or granted if the defendant has perfected an appeal from the judgment of conviction" which latter decree became effective only after the petitioners had perfected their appeal.

Petitioners Toribio and Labrador, together with Vicente...