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David Gutang y Juarez vs People

DAVID GUTANG Y JUAREZ, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 135406 | 2000-07-11

DE LEON, JR., J.:
 
Before us is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision[1] dated September 9, 1998 rendered by the former Twelfth Division of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 19463.  The assailed Decision affirmed the judgment[2] dated October 13, 1995 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila, finding petitioner David J. Gutang guilty beyond reasonable doubt for violation of Sections 8 and 16 of RA 6425, as amended, (for illegal possession and use of prohibited drugs) as charged in Criminal Cases Nos. 2696-D and 2697-D, respectively.

The facts are as follows:

On March 5, 1994,...