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People vs. Gutierrez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARMAN SANTOS GUTIERREZ A.K.A. "ARMAN,"* ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 236304 | 2018-11-05

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this ordinary appeal[1] is the Decision[2] dated August 23, 2017 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08178, which affirmed the Decision[3] dated February 16, 2016 of the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Branch 69 (RTC) in Crim. Case No. L-10499, finding accused-appellant Arman Santos Gutierrez a.k.a. "Arman" (Gutierrez) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs, defined and penalized under Section 5,[4] Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165,[5] otherwise known as the...