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Mabini Epie, Jr. et al. vs. The Hon. Nelsonida T. Ulat-Marredo.

MABINI EPIE, JR. and RODRIGO PALASI, Petitioners, versus THE HON. NELSONIDA T. ULAT-MARREDO, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 10, La Trinidad, Benguet and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148117 | 2007-03-22

D E C I S I O N
 


SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated September 15, 2000 in CA-G.R. SP No. 55684.

The facts of the case as gleaned from the records are:

In an Information dated September 22, 1998, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Benguet Province charged Mabini Epie, Jr. and Rodrigo Palasi, petitioners, with violation of Section 68 of Presidential Decree No. 705,[2] as amended. The Informtion reads:


That on or about the 6th day of September 1998, along the Halsema National Highway at Acop, Municipality of Tublay, Province of Benguet,...