G.R. No. 115507 - ALEJANDRO TAN, ISMAEL RAMILO AND FRED MORENO, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE COURT OF APPEALS. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, this Court finds: a) the accused ALEJANDRO TAN, ISMAEL RAMILO and FRED MORENO GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal possession of lumber under the Information, dated March 16, 1990, under Section 68, P.D. No. 705, as amended by Executive Order No. 277, and sentences each of them to an indeterminate sentence of SIX (6) MONTHS, as minimum, to FOUR (4) YEARS and TWO (2) MONTHS, as maximum, with the accessory penalties of the law, and to pay the costs, and b) the accused ALEJANDRO TAN, ISMAEL RAMILO and CRISPIN CABUDOL GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal possession of lumber under the Information, dated March 16, 1990, under Section 68, P.D. No. 705, as amended by Executive Order No. 277, and sentences each of them to an indeterminate sentence of SIX (6) MONTHS, as minimum, to FOUR (4) YEARS and TWO (2) MONTHS, as maximum, with the accessory penalties of the law, and to pay the costs. The two (2) terms of imprisonment of each of the accused shall be served successively under Article 70, RPC. The preventive imprisonment which any of the accused may have suffered is credited in his favor to its full extent. The Court further orders the confiscation of the lumber described in the aforesaid Informations in favor of the government. SO ORDERED.