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People vs. Verdadero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NORBERTO VERDADERO Y PIMENTEL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 258316 | 2023-11-20

D E C I S I O N
 
ZALAMEDA, J.:
 
Before the Court is an appeal[1] seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[2] dated 19 November 2020 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 12008. The CA affirmed the Joint Decision[3] dated 06 September 2018 of Branch 38, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Jose City, Nueva Ecija finding accused-appellant Norberto Verdadero y Pimentel (accused-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165[4] in Criminal Case Nos. 4970-2017-P and 4971-2017-P, respectively.
 
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