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PEOPLE vs Eleonor Julian-Fernandez, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELEONOR JULIAN-FERNANDEZ, GAUDENCIO BERREDO, JR. y CLET, JOSELITO JIMENEZ y MORTEL (acquitted), JERIC JIMENEZ y MORTEL (acquitted), and REAMY SORIANO y BARRERA, accused. / ELEONOR JULIAN-FERNANDEZ, and GAUDENCIO BERREDO, JR. y CLET, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 143850-53 | 2001-12-18

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of 13 March 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 143,[1] convicting accused-appellants Eleonor Julian-Fernandez (ELEONOR) and Gaudencio Berredo y Clet, Jr. (GAUDENCIO) for the violation of the following sections of R.A. No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended:

(1) Section 15, Article III, for illegal sale of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (shabu), a regulated drug,

(2) Section 16, Article III for illegal possession of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, and

(3) Section 16, Article III in relation to Section 27, Article...