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Artile Garbo, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ARTILE GARBO and ALMABELLA GARDOSE, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 21, MAMBUSAO, CAPIZ and ERLINDA ARTUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 100474 | 1993-09-10

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

The sisters Artile Garbo and Almabella Gardose are public school teachers of San Nicolas Elementary School at Tapaz, Capiz. As the petitioners herein, they seek to avail themselves of the benefits of probation, that have been denied to them by the Court of Appeals in its various appealed resolutions.

The duo were charged with, and convicted for, direct assault and were both sentenced by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Criminal Case No. 937 "to (undergo) an indeterminate penalty of (imprisonment for) One (1) Year and One(1) Day, as minimum, to Three (3) Years, Six (6) Months and Twenty One (21) Days, as...