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PEOPLE vs Phoebe Astudillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PHOEBE ASTUDILLO and KU SHO PING, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 140088 | 2002-11-13

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,[1] dated September 17, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Manila, finding accused-appellants Phoebe Astudillo and Ku Sho Ping guilty of violation of Art. III, §15, in relation to Art. IV, §21, of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act, with the aggravating circumstance that the offense had been committed by an organized or syndicated crime group, and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of death and to pay a fine of P30,000.00, plus the costs.

Accused-appellants were charged with violation of R.A. No. 6425, the...