Zenhashy's Place

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANACLETO Q. OLVIS, ACQUITTED, ROMULO VILLAROJO, LEONARDO CADEMAS AND DOMINADOR SORELA G.R. No. 71092, September 30, 1987 Facts: 1. Deosdedit Bagon had been in fact missing since two days before. He was last seen by his wife in the afternoon  on his way home. She did not, however, find him there when she arrived in the evening. 2. It was Captain Encabo himself who led a search party to mount an inquiry.  Captain Encabo's men chanced upon an unnamed volunteer, who informed them that Deosdedit Bagon was last seen together with Dominador Sorela, one of the accused. Encabo then instructed one of his patrolmen to pick up Sorela. 3. Sorela bore several scratches on his face, neck, and arms when the police found him. According to him, he sustained those wounds while clearing his ricefield. Apparently unconvinced, Captain Encabo had Sorela take them to the ricefield where he sustained his injuries. But half way there, Sore...

MA. MIMIE CRESCENCIO Vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,  G.R. No. 205015, November 19, 2014 Facts: 1. Eufemio Abaniel, the Chief of the Forest Protection unit of DENR together with other Forest Rangers, went to the petitioner's house. 2. Upon arriving thereat, they saw forest products lying under the house of petitioner and at the shoreline about two meters away from the house petitioner's house. 3. As the DENR personnel tried to investigate from the neighborhood as to who was the owner of the lumber, the petitioner admitted its ownership. 4. Thereafter, DENR personnel entered the premises of the petitioner's house without a search warrant. 5. When the DENR personnel asked for documents to support the petitioner's claim of ownership, the latter showed to them an official receipt issued by Pengavitor Enterprises where she allegedly bought the said lumber. 6. However, when the DENR scaled the lumber, they found out that the dimensions and species of the lum...