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PEOPLE Vs. Archie Q. Distrito, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARCHIE DISTRITO y QUIAMCO, and MARNE MORA y JAVIERTO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 95540 | 1992-09-18

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The appellants, Archie Distrito y Quiamco and Marne Mora y Javierto, seek a reversal of the decision dated August 20, 1990 in Criminal Case No. 8958 of the accused-appellant of Dumaguete, Branch XXX, finding them guilty of having violated Section 4, Article II (drug-pushing) of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.

Appellants were tried and convicted under an Information which reads as follows:

"That on or about the 28th day of September, 1989, in the City of Dumaguete, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, conspiring...