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PEOPLE Vs. Roberto A. Bagang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO BAGANG Y ARBULANTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 92793-94 | 1993-03-30

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

ROBERTO BAGANG Y ARBULANTE was charged in two (2) separate Informations, one for violation of Sec. 4, and the other, for violation of Sec. 8, both of Art. II, RA 6425, otherwise known as "The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972," allegedly committed in Angeles City on 28 August 1984. These cases were docketed in the court below as Crim. Cases Nos. 6716 and 6717, respectively.

On 9 July 1986, after trial on the merits, the trial court convicted the accused in Crim. Case No. 6716 but dismissed Crim. Case No. 6717 on the ground that illegal possession is absorbed in drug pushing. Consequently, what is on appeal...