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PEOPLE vs. Renato T. Mendoza Javier

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RENATO MENDOZA JAVIER y TORRES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 77756 | 1990-03-26

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Defendant-appellant Renato Mendoza Javier y Torres was convicted by the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 133, in Criminal Case No. 19359 of violation of Article II, Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of P20,000.00. He now seeks a reversal of the judgment of conviction by the court a quo assigning as errors, to wit:

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"THE COURT A QUO ERRED IN GIVING CREDENCE TO THE TESTIMONY OF THE PROSECUTION'S WITNESSES WHICH WERE TAINTED WITH INCONSISTENCIES AND...