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People vs. Sadbula y Amanda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. SONNY SABDULA Y AMANDA, APPELLANT,

G.R. No. 184758 | 2014-04-21

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
We review the February 8, 2008 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR. H.C. No. 02726, which affirmed the January 29, 2007 decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 82, Quezon City. The RTC decision found appellant Sonny Sabdula y Amanda guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 5,[3] Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165 (the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002). The trial court imposed on him the penalty of life imprisonment.
 
THE FACTS

The prosecution charged the appellant with violation of Section 5,...