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PEOPLE vs Lowell Saludes & Sumalinog

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LOWELL SALUDES y DE GUZMAN @ "NONOY KALOG" and NELSON SUMALINOG (at large), accused. / LOWELL SALUDES y DE GUZMAN @ "NONOY KALOG", appellant.

G.R. No. 144157 | 2003-06-10

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated February 1, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 15, in Criminal Case No. 35,562-95, convicting LOWELL SALUDES y DE GUZMAN alias 'NONOY KALOG',[2] of violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425 (The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972), as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.

Appellant Lowell Saludes and Nelson Sumalinog were charged in an information that reads:

That on or about 25 July 1995, in the City of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this...