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People vs. Amin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee vs. KUSAIN AMIN y AMPUAN, a.k.a. "Cocoy,", Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 215942 | 2017-01-18

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
First Division
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, CJ.:
 
This is an appeal assailing the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01179, which affirmed the Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 40, Cagayan de Oro City, in Criminal Case No. 2004-010. The RTC found accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal sale of prohibited drugs under Section 5, paragraph 1, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165.
 
Accused-appellant was charged under the following Information:
 
That on January 2, 2004, at...