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PEOPLE vs Rogelio Milado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ROGELIO PIJO MILADO, appellant.

G.R. No. 147677 | 2003-12-01

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Bontoc, Mountain Province,[1] in Criminal Case No. 1278, convicting appellant Rogelio Pijo Milado for violation of Section 4, Article III of Republic Act 6425, as amended by Republic Act 7659, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972. Appellant was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of P500,000.[2]

The information against appellant reads, as follows:

That on or about March 10, 1999, at Poblacion, Bontoc, Mountain Province, in the morning thereof, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable...