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Dominga Lagrosa & Osias Baguin vs PEOPLE & CA

DOMINGO LAGROSA and OSIAS BAGUIN, petitioners, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 152044 | 2003-07-03

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 67308,[1] which affirmed the Resolution of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 2, denying petitioners' Application for Probation, and its Order denying petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration.[2]

The undisputed facts are as follows.

On October 29, 1996, the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 2, rendered a decision in Criminal Case No. 8243,[3] finding petitioners Domingo Lagrosa and Osias Baguin guilty of violation of Section 68 of P.D. 705, as amended (The Revised Forestry Code), for...