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PEOPLE vs Loreto Medenilla Y Doria

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LORETO MEDENILLA y DORIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 131638-39 | 2001-03-26

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an appeal from a joint decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Branch 262, promulgated on November 26, 1997, in Criminal Case Nos. 3618-D and 3619-D finding accused-appellant Loreto Medenilla y Doria guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Sections 15 and 16 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.[1]

Accused-appellant was charged in Criminal Case No. 3618-D for violating Section 15,[2] Article III of R.A. No. 6425. The information reads as follows:

That on or about the 16th day of April, 1996 in the City of Mandaluyong, Philippines and...