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PEOPLE Vs. Edwin Marcelino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDWIN MARCELINO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 85247 | 1993-07-30

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The questions presented in criminal cases are mainly if not exclusively factual. Where a conviction is appealed, the task of the higher court is usually limited to the ascertainment of whether the factual findings of the trial court have been correctly reached. Such findings are received with respect and even as binding unless the record shows that they are flawed and should therefore be reversed.

In the case at bar, the trial court convicted Edwin Marcelino of violating Section 4, Article II of the Dangerous Drugs Act and sentenced him "to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of...