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PEOPLE vs Jimmy Sapal

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JIMMY SAPAL y NASA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124526 | 2000-03-17

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision, dated 8 March 1996, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 35 of Manila in Criminal Case No. 95-142470, which sentenced accused-appellant Jimmy Sapal ("accused") to DEATH and to pay the fine of ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) after he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of unlawful possession of three (3) kilograms of marijuana.1 [Penned by Judge Ramon P. Makasiar.]

The Information charged accused and his wife, Maria Luisa Sapal, with violation of Section 8, Article II in relation to Section 2(e) (1), Article I, Republic Act No. 6425, as amended,...