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PEOPLE Vs. Raul L. Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAUL CRUZ y LALAW, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 102880 | 1994-04-25

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

In an information filed on July 29, 1991 with the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Branch 172, accused-appellant Raul Cruz y Lalaw was charged with violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, for unlawfully selling and delivering to one Pat. Cesar J. Pineda several sticks of marijuana-treated cigarettes and marijuana dried leaves with flowering tops. 1

On August 2, 1991, appellant, assisted by counsel de oficio, entered a plea of not guilty. 2 After trial on the merits, the lower court found said appellant guilty as...