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Lito Lopez Vs. People of the Philippines

LITO LOPEZ, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 188653 | 2014-01-29

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

Assailed in this petition is the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals affirming the conviction of petitioner Lito Lopez by the Regional Trial Court (RTC)2 in Criminal Case No. T-3476, which found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of illegal possession of dangerous drugs.
 
Petitioner was charged with violation of Section 16, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425, in an Information which reads:

That on or about the 31st day of July, 2000, at 7:30 o’clock in the evening, more or less, at Purok 1, Brgy. Baranghawon, Municipality of Tabaco, Province of Albay, Philippines and within...