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PEOPLE vs. FRANCISCO ANTINERO BERIARMENTE

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO ANTINERO BERIARMENTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137612 | 2001-09-25

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Barili, Cebu, Branch 60, in Criminal Case No. CEB-BRL-190, the dispositive portion of which reads:

JUDGMENT is therefore rendered on the basis of the weight of the dried marijuana which is 1,500 grams, and pursuant to Republic Act 6425, Sec. 4, Article II, accused, Francisco A. Beriarmente, is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA and to pay a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) which is the minimum. The Provincial Prosecutor is directed to turn over the marijuana leaves, subject of the case, to...