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Mercado vs. People

ALVIN MERCADO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 167510 | 2015-07-08

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This appeal is taken from the decision promulgated on March 18, 2005 in CA-G.R. CR No. 28263 entitled People of the Philippines v. Alvin Mercado and Lito Seña/Lito Senia,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgment rendered on November 25, 2003 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 21, in Manila convicting the petitioner of the violation of Section 3602, in relation to Section 2503, of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP) charged herein.[2]
 
Antecedents

In the information dated October 1, 2001, the petitioner and his co-accused were charged in the RTC...