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PEOPLE Vs. Leonardo Manalansan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO MANALANSAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 76369 | 1990-09-14

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The accused-appellant was charged in two separate informations with the possession and sale of prohibited drugs in violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He was convicted in both cases and sentenced accordingly. He now comes before this Court, alleging that:

(1) He should not have been prosecuted separately for possession of the marijuana because the offense was already absorbed in the crime of selling the prohibited narcotic.

(2) He was deprived of de process because his first motion for postponement was denied by the trial judge and the prosecution was allowed to present its evidence in the absence of his...