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People vs. Monalyn Cervantes y Solar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MONALYN CERVANTES y SOLAR, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 181494 | 2009-03-17

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision dated July 19, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00476 which affirmed the April 23, 2004 Decision in Criminal Case No. 00-181929 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 53 in Manila. The RTC found accused-appellant Monalyn Cervantes guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 15, Article III of Republic Act No. (RA) 6425 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended.

The records show the following facts:

In an Information dated April 7, 2000, accused-appellant and three others were charged with violation of Sec. 15, Art. III of RA 6425...