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People vs. Managat

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HERMOGENES MANAGAT, JR. Y DE LEON AND DINDO CARACUEL Y SULIT, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 230615 | 2019-03-04

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal filed by appellants Hermogenes Managat, Jr. y De Leon and Dindo Caracuel y Sulit (appellants) from the August 31, 2016 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07340, affirming with modification the May 26, 2014 Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 35 of Calamba City, in Criminal Case No. 14729-07-C, finding appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165,[3] otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Factual Antecedents

Appellants were charged...