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PEOPLE. Vs. Fernando Clavo, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO CLAVO, JR., accused appellant.

G.R. No. 76132 | 1988-09-26

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

Fernando Clavo, Jr. appeals from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XVIII in Criminal Case No. 84-30346, the dispositive portion of which is as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the accused Fernando Clavo, Jr. y Baldosa is hereby declared guilty beyond reasonable doubt of having violated Sec. 4, Article II of Republic Act 6425, as amended in relation to Sec. 2(1), Art. I thereof by selling dried marijuana flowering tops. He is accordingly sentenced to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

"The two tea bags...