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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEONARDO RUSIANA Y BROQUEL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEONARDO RUSIANA Y BROQUEL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 186139 | 2009-10-05

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
This is an appeal from the Decision dated December 28, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02347, which affirmed the March 31, 2006 Decision in Criminal Case No. 02-0678 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 275 in Las Piñas City. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Leonardo Rusiana of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

An Information was filed against accused-appellant, alias "Unad," as follows:
 
That on or about the 12th day of August 2002, in...