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PEOPLE. Vs. Michael S. Madarang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MICHAEL MADARANG y SANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 70569 | 1987-01-07

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

Michael Madarang y Santos appealed from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Bauang, La Union, Branch 33, convicting him in Criminal Case No. 567-BG of a violation of Section 4, Article II, of Republic Act No. 6425 [Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1675] and sentencing him to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000. 1

Madarang, together with Cirilo Juan y Polas, was charged in an information dated January 26, 1983, as follows:

"That on or about the 12th day of July, 1982 at Sitio Gabor, Barangay Bilis, Municipality of Burgos, Province of La Union, Philippines...