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Villa vs Hon CA and PEOPLE

VIOLETA SANTIAGO VILLA, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 125834 | 1999-12-06

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Petitioner seeks the modification of the Decision, dated August 19, 1994 of the respondent Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 13611 imposing on her an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) day as minimum to ten (10) years as maximum for illegal possession of prohibited drugs.

Petitioner was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan, Branch 11, Malolos, in an information which reads:

That on or about the 4th day of May, 1991, in the municipality of Guiguinto, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said...