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PEOPLE vs. George A. Luces

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GEORGE A. LUCES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-60744 | 1983-11-25

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

George A. Luces was accused of selling a prohibited drug in the defunct Court of First Instance of Cebu. The information against him reads as follows:

"That on or about the, 2nd day of May, 1981, at about 10:00 o'clock in the morning, and for sometime subsequent thereto, in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, with deliberate intent, did then and there sell, deliver, give away to another prohibited drugs consisting of one Manila envelope of Marijuana or Indian hemp without being authorized by law." (Expediente, p. 1.)

Luces was tried and...