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People of the Philippines Vs. Rashamia Hernandez y Santos and Grace Katipunan y Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RASHAMIA HERNANDEZ y SANTOS and GRACE KATIPUNAN y CRUZ, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 184804 | 2009-06-18

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02465, dated 26 May 2008, affirming in toto the Decision,[2] dated 14 August 2006, of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 2, in Criminal Case No. 04-222804, finding accused-appellants Rashamia Hernandez y Santos and Grace Katipunan y Cruz guilty of illegal sale of shabu under Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and imposing upon them the penalty of life imprisonment.

The records of the case bear the following facts:

On 19 January 2004, an...