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People vs. Donald Ballagan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DONALD BALLAGAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 88278 | 1995-08-23

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

This is an appeal from the March 30, 1989 Decision1 in Criminal Case No. 86-CR-0345 which the Regional Trial Court of Baguio and Benguet, Branch 8 in La Trinidad, Benguet resolved as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the accused, Donald Ballagan y Binayan, is hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended; and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Twenty Thousand (P20,000.00) Pesos.

The dried marijuana leaves subject matter of this case is hereby declared...