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People of the Phil Vs. Renato De Guzman Y Pineda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RENATO DE GUZMAN y MIRANDA, Accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 177569 | 2007-11-28

D E C I S I O N



CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Assailed before Us is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, dated 16 June 2006, in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 01312 which affirmed the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasay City, Branch 231, in Criminal Case No. 02-1981, convicting accused-appellant Renato de Guzman y Miranda of Violation of Section 5,[3] Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

For allegedly selling 0.89 gram of shabu, appellant was charged before the RTC of Pasay City under the following information:

That on or about the 22nd day of October, 2002, in Pasay...