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Alejandro Tan, et al. Vs. PEOPLE, et al.

ALEJANDRO TAN, ISMAEL RAMILO and FRED MORENO, petitioners, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 115507 | 1998-05-19

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

In denying this petition, the Court reiterates that the gathering, collection and/or possession, without license, of lumber, which is considered timber or forest product, are prohibited and penalized under the Forestry Reform Code, as amended.

The Case

In this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, petitioners seek to set aside the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals 2 in CA-GR No. CR-12815 promulgated on July 30, 1993, and its Resolution 3 promulgated on April 28, 1994. The assailed Decision affirmed the judgment 4 of the Regional Trial Court of Romblon, Branch 81, 5 which,...