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People vs. Dimana

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ALEJANDRO DIMANA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-26668 | 1972-04-27

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J:

The main issue posed in this appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Bukidnon in its Criminal Case No. 1563 is whether or not the information filed by the Provincial Fiscal has placed the appellee in double jeopardy for the same offense.

In a criminal complaint filed by forestry officer Juan Baganoc with the Municipal Court of Kibawe, Bukidnon, on June 7, 1965 and docketed as Criminal Case No. 929, the herein appellee, Alejandro Dimana, was accused of violating Section 2751(b) of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 3701. The complaint, captioned "Destruction of...