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PEOPLE vs Tokohisa Kimura, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus TOKOHISA KIMURA and AKIRA KIZAKI,[1]

G.R. No. 130805 | 2004-04-27

D E C I S I O N




AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:







Appellants Tomohisa Kimura and Akira Kizaki seek reversal of the decision[2] dated June 27, 1997 in Criminal Case No. 94-5606, rendered by the Regional Trial Court (Branch 66), Makati City, finding them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended by R.A. No. 7659, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of P500,000.00.



The Information dated August 8, 1994 against the accused alleges:



The undersigned State Prosecutor of the...