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PEOPLE vs. Edgardo Beralde

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO BERALDE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-68482 | 1985-10-23

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Edgardo Beralde appealed from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, convicting him of a violation of section 4 of the Dangerous Drugs Law, Republic Act No. 6425, as amended by Presidential Decrees Nos. 44 and 1675, and sentencing him to a penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000. The two aluminum foils of marijuana leaves (Exh. C) were declared forfeited and ordered to be delivered to the Dangerous Drugs Board for immediate disposal.

Beralde admits the sale of marijuana leaves. His story is that at around three o'clock in the afternoon of September 22, 1981 while he was at the...