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PEOPLE vs Alfonso Dator and Benito Genol

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFONSO DATOR and BENITO GENOL, accused (Acquitted) / PASTOR TELEN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136142 | 2000-10-24

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Maasin, Southern Leyte, Branch 25, in Criminal Case No. 1733 convicting the appellant of the crime of violation of Presidential Decree No. 705.

Pastor Telen and his co-accused, Alfonso Dator and Benito Genol, were charged with the crime of violation of Section 68[2] of Presidential Decree No. 705, otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code,[3] in an Information that reads:

That on or about the 29th day of October, 1993 at around 8:00 o'clock in the evening, in barangay Laboon, municipality of Maasin, province of Southern Leyte,...