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People of the Philippines Vs. Edgar Denoman y Acurda

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus EDGAR DENOMAN y ACURDA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 171732 | 2009-08-14

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We review the conviction of accused-appellant Edgar Denoman y Acurda (accused-appellant) for illegal sale of shabu under Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 72, Malabon City, originally rendered the judgment[1] of conviction. The Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the conviction in its own decision[2] dated January 16, 2006 in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 00305.

The accused-appellant was charged under two informations for violation of RA No. 9165 before the RTC. The first, docketed as Criminal Case No. 27283-MN,...