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People of the Philippines Vs. Joey Tion y Cabadu

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOEY TION y CABADDU, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 172092 | 2009-12-16

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

Accused-appellant Joey Tion y Cabaddu seeks before us his acquittal through the reversal of the September 15, 2005 Decision[1] and January 2, 2006 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00212. The CA affirmed the judgment in Criminal Case No. 08-1163 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 8 in Aparri, Cagayan, convicting Joey of violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 6425, as amended.

The Facts

An Information[3] dated August 18, 1999 charged accused-appellant Joey, Ronald Diaz y Gario, and Allan Letan y Diaz with violation of Sec. 4, Art. II...