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People vs. Abbas y Tiangco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, KHALED FIRDAUS ABBAS Y TIANGCO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 248333 | 2020-09-08

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J. JR., J.:
 
This resolves the appeal from the March 14, 2018 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 08396, which sustained the conviction of Khaled Firdaus Abbas y Tiangco (appellant) for violation of Section (Sec.) 5,[2] Article (Art.) II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165 or "The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002."

The appeal stems from an Information[3] charging appellant and worded as follows:
 
That on or about the 29th day of December 2013 in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused without lawful authority did then...