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PEOPLE Vs. Joseph R. Espallardo, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSEPH ESPALLARDO y REYES, and ALFONSO BANGATE y AREVALO, accused. JOSEPH ESPALLARDO y REYES, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Oscar A. Nudo for accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 88368-69 | 1991-06-19

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This is an appeal of Joseph Espallardo y Reyes from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 109, Pasay City, in Criminal Case No. 85-8972-P, finding him guilty of selling prohibited drugs in violation of Section 4, Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to pay a fine of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00), with the accessory penalties provided by law and to pay the costs.

The case was tried jointly with Criminal Case No. 85-8973-P, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Alfonso Bangate y...