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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VENERANDO DELA CRUZ Y SEBASTIAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VENERANDO DELA CRUZ Y SEBASTIAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 193670 | 2014-12-03

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Assailed in this appeal is the June 25, 2010 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01025 that affirmed the March 15, 2005 Judgment2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Naga City, Branch 28, in Criminal Case No. RTC’03-0289 convicting Venerando Dela Cruz y Sebastian (appellant) of Violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 (RA 9165) or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Factual Antecedents
 
On July 25, 2003, police asset Warren Ebio (Ebio) received information from another asset that he could purchase shabu by...