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PEOPLE vs Mateo Baludda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MATEO BALUDDA y SUOY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 114198 | 1999-11-19

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Fortunato V. Panganiban.] dated January 13, 1994, of Branch 33 of the Regional Trial Court, Bauang, La Union, in Criminal Case No. 1217-BG finding Mateo Baludda y Suoy guilty of a violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act 6425, as amended,2 [Otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act; Section 4, thereof reads: SEC. 4. Sale, Administration, Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Prohibited Drugs. - The penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty thousand to thirty thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who,...