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PEOPLE Vs. Jesus Mirantes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS MIRANTES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 92706 | 1992-05-21

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Accused-appellant Jesus Mirantes was convicted by Branch I of the Regional Trial Court of Lanao del Norte for violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, in a decision rendered on November 2, 1989 and which imposed upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and a fine of P20,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency. 1

Appellant and a certain Guarberto Balolong were charged in an information, dated September 27, 1988, with having conspired and confederated in willfully and feloniously selling, transporting and...