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PEOPLE Vs. Eugenio Catan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUGENIO CATAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 92928 | 1992-01-21

R E S O L U T I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The Appellant herein was, in the same criminal prosecution, charged with and convicted of two (2) separate offenses of sale of a prohibited drug punished by Section 4 of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Rep. Act No. 6425, as amended), and of possession of a prohibited drug punished under Section 8 of the same law. The dispositive portion of the Court a quo's verdict reads:

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds the accused Eugenio Catan y Gerona guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of selling dried marijuana, a prohibited drug, defined and punished under Section 4, Article II, RA 6425,...