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PEOPLE vs. Erlinda P. Carreon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. ERLINDA CARREON y PRECIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 108722 | 1997-12-09

D E C I S I O N


FRANCISCO, J.:

Appellant Erlinda P. Carreon was charged with and convicted of violating Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, by the Regional Trial Court 1 and meted "the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of Twenty Thousand Pesos, and to [pay] the cost." 2 Dissatisfied, appellant interposed the present appeal anchored on an interrelated assignment of errors, jointly discussed in her brief, which dwell on the alleged (1) insufficiency of evidence to prove her guilt; (2) erroneous admission in evidence of the bundles of marijuana, and (3) failure of the trial court to...