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PEOPLE vs Vicente Jain, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE JAIN and BELTRAN GARAIS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 104088-89 | 1996-03-13

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J.:


This is an appeal interposed by appellants Vicente Jain and Beltran Garais from a Consolidated Decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Bauang, La Union in Criminal Cases Nos. 906 and 907-Bg dated September 30, 1991. The said decision found appellants, together with George Agoni, Ireneo Amodia, Justiniano Gregorio, Diosdado Catamora and Hidetomi Sakihama, guilty of violating (a) Section 4 of Republic Act 6425 as amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act and (b) Section 1 of Presidential Decree 1866, a law which penalizes illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

The undisputed facts,...