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PEOPLE vs Leo V. Lian

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEO LIAN y VERANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115988 | 1996-03-29

REGALADO, J.:


In this appeal, accused-appellant Leo Lian y Verano bewails his conviction by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 31, of Agoo, La Union for the offense of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition punished by Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1866, as amended. Appellant maintains that the charge against him under said law should have been dismissed by the trial court in view of the absence of animus possidendi on his part. The evidence, however, shows otherwise.

On October 11, 1990, Second Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Rogelio C. Hipol commenced Criminal Case No. A-2106 before the trial court through an information...