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PEOPLE Vs. Rosario P. Gabriel

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROSARIO GABRIEL y POLA alias Boy, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 110036 | 1994-10-07

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

We shall affirm the conviction of the appellant in the case at bar, but we shall reduce the penalty to conform to R.A. No. 7659, to which we have given retroactive effect whenever favorable to the accused.

At the trial of Rosario Gabriel for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act, the prosecution sought to prove that in the morning of November 29, 1989, Rodolfo Ventura, a 17-year old student, appeared before the Laoag City Integrated National Police with the information that the appellant was engaged in the illicit trade of marijuana in the town of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. 1 Station Commander Major Ricardo...