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PEOPLE VS. SAMANODING

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, "APPELLEE" VS. CAMALODING LABA y SAMANODING, "APPELLANT"

G.R. No.199938 | 2013-01-28




SECOND DIVISION

DECISION


PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

This is an appeal from the April 7, 2011 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 02479 which affirmed in toto the August 29, 2006 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasay City, Branch 231, convicting appellant Camaloding Laba y. Samanoding (appellant) for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (RA) No. 91653 and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and costs.


The Facts

On July 18, 2005, at around 10:45 in the morning, appellant arrived at the Manila...