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Jessie de Leon vs PEOPLE

JESSIE DE LEON, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122668 | 1996-10-03

R E S O L U T I O N


NARVASA, C.J.:

Jessie de Leon was charged with and tried for a violation of Section 15, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425 in the Regional Trial Court of Pasig (Branch 167). On March 5, 1993, he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the offense, and "sentenced to a penalty of Life Imprisonment; to pay a Fine of P20,000.00; to suffer all the accessory penalties as consequent thereto, and, to pay the costs." On appeal, the Fourteenth Division of the Court of Appeals, by Decision promulgated on December 28, 1994, sustained de Leon's conviction but, in light of Republic Act No. 7659, (effective December 31,...