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People vs. Jumarang y Mulingbayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONILO JUMARANG Y MULINGBAYAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 250306 | 2022-08-10

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
This Court resolves an appeal from the Decision[1] dated January 16, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CR HC-No. 08654, which affirmed with modification the Judgment[2] dated August 30, 2016 rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Iriga City, Branch 60 (RTC), in Criminal Case No. Ir-9174. The RTC earlier found accused-appellant Ronilo Jumarang y Mulingbayan (Jumarang) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 16 (Cultivation or Culture of Plants Classified as Dangerous Drugs or are Sources Thereof), Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165, otherwise known as the...