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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROWENA TAPUGAY Y VENTURA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROWENA TAPUGAY Y VENTURA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 200336 | 2015-02-11

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

Before this Court for resolution is the appeal filed by Rowena Tapugay y Ventura (appellant) assailing the 8 June 2011 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03032 which affirmed the Regional Trial Court’s (RTC) 27 September 2007 Decision2 in Criminal Case No. 11011-16 finding the accused guilty of violating Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Factual Antecedents
 
Appellant was charged before RTC, Branch 16, Laoag City for violation of Section 5, Article II of R.A No....