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People vs. Martin Simon y Sunga

People of the Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. Martin Simon y Sunga, Respondent.

G.R. No. 93028 | 1994-07-29

D E C I S I O N 
 
REGALADO, J.: 
 
Herein accused-appellant Martin Simon y Sunga was charged on November 10, 1988 with a violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, under an indictment alleging that on or about October 22, 1988, at Barangay Sto. Cristo, Guagua, Pampanga, he sold four tea bags of marijuana to a Narcotics Command (NARCOM) poseur-buyer in consideration of the sum of P40.00, which tea bags, when subjected to laboratory examination, were found positive for marijuana. 1 
 
Eventually arraigned with the assistance of counsel...