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People vs. Andre Marti 193 SCRA 57

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANDRE MARTI, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Reynaldo B. Tatoy and Abelardo E. Rogacion for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 81561 | 1991-01-18

D E C I S I O N

BIDIN, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision ** rendered by the Special Criminal Court of Manila (Regional Trial Court, Branch XLIX) convicting accused-appellant of violation of Section 21 (b), Article IV in relation to Section 4, Article 11 and Section 2 (e)(i), Article 1 of Republic Act 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act.

The facts as summarized in the brief of the prosecution are as follows:

"On August 14, 1987, between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m., the appellant and his common-law wife, Shirley Reyes, went to the booth of the "Manila Packing and Export Forwarders" in the Pistang Pilipino...