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People vs. Ubungen

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARCIANO UBUNGEN Y PULIDO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 225497 | 2018-07-23

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the 31 March 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04686, which affirmed the 29 July 2010 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 66, San Fernando City, La Union (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 7580, convicting defendant-appellant Marciano Ubungen y Pulido (Marciano) for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
 
THE FACTS

In an Information, dated 12 February 2007, Marciano was charged with the crime of violation of Section 5, Article II of...