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PEOPLE Vs. Michael Herrera, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MICHAEL HERRERA and FRANCISCO ABBU, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 93728 | 1995-08-21

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

This appeal is interposed by Francisco Abbu from the decision, dated 02 February 1990, of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch XXI (Cagayan de Oro City), 1 convicting him for the violation of Section 4, Article II, of Republic Act No. 6425 (Dangerous Drugs Act) and imposing on him the penalty of life imprisonment, a fine of P20,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and the payment of the costs of suit.

Appellant Abbu and his co-accused Herrera were charged on 14 November 1988 in an information that read:

"That on or about September 22, 1988 at more or less 3:30...