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Miguel vs. People

JEFFREY MIGUEL Y REMEGIO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 227038 | 2017-07-31

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari[1] are the Decision[2] dated October 21, 2015 and the Resolution[3] dated September 5, 2016 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 35318, which affirmed the Decision[4] dated October 1, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 64 (RTC) in Criminal Case No. 10-912 convicting petitioner Jeffrey Miguel y Remegio (petitioner) of the crime of illegal possession of dangerous drugs.
 
The Facts

On May 27, 2010, an Information[5] was filed before the RTC charging petitioner of illegal possession of dangerous drugs, defined and...