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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. SONIA BERNEL NUARIN, APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. SONIA BERNEL NUARIN, APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 188698 | 2015-07-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

BRION, J.:

We decide the appeal filed by appellant Sonia Bernel Nuarin (appellant) from the April 28, 2009 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02886.
 
The appealed decision affirmed the May 25, 2007 joint decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 80, Quezon City, finding the appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Background Facts
 
The prosecution charged the appellant with violation of Sections 5[3] and 11,[4] respectively, of...