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PEOPLE Vs. Crisalito A. Tabarno, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRISALITO TABARNO y AGENTE AND LUIS GOCOTANO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 101338 | 1995-03-20

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

In a decision dated March 1, 1991, rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Cebu, Branch 21, Crisalito Tabarno y Agente and Luis Gocotano were found guilty of drug trafficking, i.e., selling marijuana cigarettes, in violation of Section 4, Article II, in relation to Article IV of Republic Act 6425, as amended (the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972). They were each sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and pay a fine of P25,000.00 and the costs. 1

The information dated January 10, 1990 against them reads as follows:

That on or about the 3rd day of January 1990 about 7:00 p.m., in the City of Cebu,...