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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,vs.NENITA LEGASPI y LUCAS, Accused-Appeellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. NENITA LEGASPI y LUCAS, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 173485 | 2011-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
Challenged in this appeal is the January 16, 2006 Decision[1] promulgated by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01209, which affirmed in toto the Judgment[2] of conviction for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 rendered by the Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 164, in Criminal Case No. 12351-D.

On April 23, 2003, accused-appellant Nenita Legaspi y Lucas (Legaspi), also known as “Nita,” was charged before the RTC for violating Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165.  The accusatory portion of the...