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PEOPLE Vs. Rogelio A. Balidiata

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO BALIDIATA y ASONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 101831 | 1993-05-21

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The accused-appellant seeks the reversal of the judgment in Criminal Case No. 310-V-91 of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of violation of Section 4, Article II, Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Law of 1972, as amended, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Twenty Thousand (P20,000.00) Pesos without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

In an information dated May 31, 1991, the appellant was charged with having wilfully,...