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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSELITO MORATE Y TARNATE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSELITO MORATE Y TARNATE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 201156 | 2014-01-29

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

The accused-appellant Joselito Morate appeals from the Decision1 dated October 18, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04197 denying his appeal from the Joint Decision2 dated September 7, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tabaco City, Branch 17 in Criminal Case Nos. T-4466 and T-4467, which found him guilty of violation of Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.”
 
The Information filed against the accused-appellant in the trial court read:

I. Criminal...