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PEOPLE vs Wu Tuan Yuan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. WU TUAN YUAN @ “PETER CO”, appellant.

G.R. No. 150663 | 2004-02-05

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 41 ("trial court"), in Criminal Case No. 99-175844, finding appellant Wu Tuan Yuan alias Peter Co ("appellant") guilty of unlawfully selling 251.04 grams of shabu in a buy-bust operation conducted by operatives from the Western Police District ("WPD") on 15 August 1999.

The Information charging appellant of selling shabu reads:[2]

That on or about August 15, 1999, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, not having been authorized by law to sell, dispense, deliver, transport or distribute any regulated...