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PEOPLE. Vs. Feliciano B. Rualo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELICIANO RUALO Y BELLEN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 70287 | 1987-07-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 22 which found Feliciano Rualo y Bellen guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 4, Article II of the Dangerous Drugs Act as amended and, accordingly, sentenced him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000.00 and costs.

The factual findings of the trial court are recited in its decision as follows:

"From the evidence presented during the trial, the Court finds that in the evening of November 14, 1983, Lt. Francisco M. Fausto, Chief of the Investigation Division of the Drugs...