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PEOPLE Vs. Oscar D. Fabian

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OSCAR D. FABIAN, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Katz N. Tierra counsel de oficio for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 83329 | 1991-12-10

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Oscar Fabian was charged with selling and delivering methyl amphetamine crystals, commonly called "shabu," a regulated or prohibited drug.

After arraignment and trial, the court a quo rendered in due time, on 14 March 1988, a decision finding the accused guilty of violating Article III, Section 15 of Republic Act No. 6420, as amended, and sentencing him to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000.00.

Appellant ascribes the following errors to the trial court:

"1. The lower court erred in admitting as evidence the alleged two (2) packets of shabu as the shabu supposedly seized from the accused when...