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Duarte vs. People

CHARBEN DUARTE Y OLIVEROS, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 238971 | 2019-08-28

DECISION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari[1] are the Decision[2] dated September 7, 2017 and the Resolution[3] dated April 4, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 39090 which affirmed the Joint Decision[4] dated September 15, 2016 of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 127 (RTC) in Crim. Case Nos. C-91394-95 finding petitioner Charben Duarte y Oliveros (Duarte) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165,[5] otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of...