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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JERRY CARANTO Y PROPETA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JERRY CARANTO Y PROPETA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 193768 | 2014-03-05

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
On appeal is the 28 July 2010 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. C.R.-H.C. No. 01680. The CA affirmed the 7 October 2005 Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 267, Pasig City, that found Jerry Caranto y Propeta (Jerry) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165 (The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) and imposed upon him the penalty of life imprisonment.

Jerry was charged under the criminal information,[2] which reads:
That, on or about the 24th day of July 2002, in the...