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PEOPLE Vs. Ernesto T. Yabut

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. ERNESTO YABUT y TORRES, defendant.

G.R. No. 82263 | 1992-06-26

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela, Metro Manila (Br. 172) * finding the accused guilty of violating Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, and sentencing him to life imprisonment and payment of the prescribed fine of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00).

The information filed by Assistant Provincial Fiscal Benjamin Aquino, Jr.,
against the accused reads as follows:

"That on or about the 8th day of April 1986, in the municipality of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable...