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PEOPLE vs Segundino Valencia, Tadena, Deroy

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEGUNDINO VALENCIA y BLANCA, JOHNNY TADENA y TORDA, and DOMINGO DEROY, JR. y SAROCAM, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 143032 | 2002-10-14

D E C I S I O N

Per Curiam:

Accused-appellants Segundino Valencia y Blanca, Johnny Tadena y Torda and Domingo Deroy, Jr. y Sarocam were charged and convicted by the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City for violation of Section 15 of Republic Act (R.A.) 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act, for unlawfully selling or offering to sell 634.0 grams of Psuedoephedrine Hydrochloride which is a regulated drug. The trial court sentenced each of the accused to the supreme penalty of death and to pay a fine of P500,000.00. Hence, the case is now before us on automatic review.

It appears from the prosecution evidence that on September...