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Nelson Valleno y Lucito Vs. People of the Philippines

NELSON VALLENO y LUCITO, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 192050 | 2013-01-09



SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

Subject of this petition for review is the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03433, dated 29 October 2009, affirming the Judgement2 of the Regional Trial Court of Naga City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 2004-0308. The trial court found petitioner Nelson Valleno y Lucito3 guilty of violation of Section 11 of Article II, Republic Act No. 9165 and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (P400,000.00)

The Information charged petitioner of illegal possession of shabu. It reads:

That on or about the 12th day of March,...