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PEOPLE Vs. Romeo Macasa

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO MACASA Y NAVARRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 105283 | 1994-01-21

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Accused- appellant Romeo Macasa was charged of confederating with a certain Elmo Reyes in selling 0.97 of a gram of dried marijuana fruiting tops on March 11, 1990 in Antipolo, Rizal, in contravention of Section 4, Article II, of Republic Act No. 6425 (p. 1, Record). However, it was only accused-appellant who underwent trial inasmuch as the charge against Elmo Reyes was ordered dismissed on June 7, 1990 (p. 1, Decision; p. 67 Rollo; p. 30, Record).

The judgment of conviction against Romeo Macasa, subject matter of the appeal at bar, was rendered on December 9, 1991 in this manner:

WHEREFORE, finding the...