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PEOPLE VS. REYNALDO NACUA, ET AL.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, "PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE" VS. REYNALDO NACUA, ET AL. ACCUSED; REYNALDO NACUA, "ACCUSED-APPELLANT"

G.R. No.200165 | 2013-01-30




FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Before Us for review is the Decision1 dated July 28, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB-CR-H.C. No. 00896, which affirmed with modification the Decision2 dated March 17, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 58 of Cebu City in Criminal Case No. CBU-77272, finding accused-appellant Reynaldo Nacua guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Article 2, Section 5 of Republic- Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The antecedent facts, as culled from the records, are as follows:

On September 16, 2005, Police Officer (PO) 3 Cirilo R. Luague (Luague)...