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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JIMMY GABUYA Y ADLAWAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JIMMY GABUYA Y ADLAWAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 195245 | 2015-02-16

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
In this appeal, Jimmy Gabuya y Adlawan (appellant) assails the May 19, 2010 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01795 which affirmed the December 8, 2005 Joint  Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 127, Caloocan City in Criminal Cases Nos. C-68369 and C-68370, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Sections 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) and 11 (possession of dangerous drugs), Article II of Republic Act No. 9165[3] (R.A. 9165) and sentencing him to suffer the penalties of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of...