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PEOPLE Vs. Benjamin P. Madrid

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN MADRID y PANGAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 94298 | 1992-06-22

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Accused-appellant seeks the reversal of the judgment in Criminal Case No. 10211-V-90 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 172 in Valenzuela, Metro Manila. 1 finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and the costs. 2

In an information dated March 30, 1990, 3 appellant was charged with having willfully, unlawfully and feloniously sold,...