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PEOPLE vs. ERLINDA GONZALES

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERLINDA GONZALES y EVANGELISTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121877 | 2001-09-12

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated March 8, 1995, of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 39, in Criminal Case No. 42441, which convicted appellant Erlinda Gonzales y Evangelista of violating Section 4, Article II[2] of the Dangerous Drugs Act (R.A. No. 6425) and sentenced her to life imprisonment.

In an information dated December 23, 1993, the Provincial Prosecutor of Iloilo charged appellant with illegal transport of marijuana leaves and fruiting tops, allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about August 30, 1993, in the Municipality of Dueñas, Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and...