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PEOPLE vs David Banawor, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DAVID BANAWOR, MARCOS KANGITIT and LINGLINGON BINWAG, accused. MARCOS KANGITIT, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131927 | 2000-09-20

D E C I S I O N
BELLOSILLO, J.:
DAVID BANAWOR Y DUHALNGON, MARCOS KANGITIT Y BOLIGON and LINGLINGON BINWAG were charged before the Regional Trial Court of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya,[1] with having conspired together on 24 September 1996 in the illegal sale and delivery of 10.7 kilos of dried marijuana leaves in violation of Sec. 4, Art. II, of RA 6425,[2] as amended.
Of the three (3) accused only David Banawor and Marcos Kangitit were arraigned and tried since Linglingon Binwag has remained at large.
On 23 October 1997 the trial court found the accused Banawor and Kangitit guilty as charged. Banawor, on account of his being eighteen (18)...