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People of the Philippines Vs. Elsie Barba

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ELSIE BARBA y BIAZON, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182420 | 2009-07-23

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the August 29, 2007 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01587 entitled People of the Philippines v. Elsie Barba y Biazon, which affirmed the September 14, 2005 Decision in Criminal Case No. Q-03-114526 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 103 in Quezon City. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Elsie Barba y Biazon of violation of Section 5 of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The Facts

An Information was filed charging Barba with drug pushing under RA 9165, quoted below:

That on or about the 16th day of...