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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL APLAT Y SUBLINO AND JACKSON DANGLAY Y BOTIL, ACCUSED, MANUEL APLAT Y SUBLINO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL APLAT Y SUBLINO AND JACKSON DANGLAY Y BOTIL, ACCUSED, MANUEL APLAT Y SUBLINO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 191727 | 2014-03-31

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the November 27, 2009 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03156 which affirmed the November 5, 2007 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 61, Baguio City, finding appellant Manuel Aplat y Sublino (appellant) and his co-accused Jackson Danglay y Botil (Danglay) guilty of violating Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 in Criminal Case No. 26080-R and thereby sentencing each of them to suffer the penalties of life imprisonment and to pay a...