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PEOPLE. Vs. Ernesto Flores

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO FLORES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-65647 | 1988-08-30

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Ernesto FLORES appeals from a decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 87, finding him guilty of violating Article II, Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, and sentencing him to life imprisonment as well as to pay a fine of P20,000 and the costs.

The City Fiscal of Quezon City filed an information against FLORES as follows:

That on or about the 21st day of August, 1980, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused, a person not authorized by law, did, then and there wilfully, unlawfully and knowingly, without authority, sell and deliver fifteen (15) dried marijuana stalks to a...