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People vs. Villanueva y Manalili

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. BEVERLY VILLANUEVA Y MANALILI @ BEBANG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 210798 | 2016-09-14

D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
On appeal is the Decision[1] dated 10 May 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 05027. The CA affirmed the 28 January 2011 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Las Pinas City, Branch 254 in Criminal Case No. 07-0417, finding accused-appellant, Beverly Villanueva y Manalili, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 6 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9208.

On 18 May 2007, an Information for the violation of Sec. 6 of R.A. 9208 was filed against accused-appellant. The accusatory portion of the Information reads:
 
That sometime during the period from April...