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PEOPLE Vs. Hilario C. Macasling, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HILARIO MACASLING, JR. y COLOCADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 90342 | 1993-05-27

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Hilario Macasling, Jr. appeals from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court which sentenced him to suffer life imprisonment, to pay a fine and costs of litigation.

Appellant Macasling was charged with violation of Republic Act ("R.A.") No. 6425, as amended, in an information which reads as follows:

"The undersigned accuses Hilario Macasling, Jr. y Colocado for violation of Section 21(b) in relation to Section IV, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended by Batas Pambansa Blg. 179 (Sale, Administration, Delivery, Transportation & Distribution), committed as follows:

That on or about the 20th day...