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People vs. De Lumen

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GIOVANNI DE LUMEN Y LADLAGARAN AND MAURA ARANZASO Y MENDOZA, ACCUSED, GIOVANNI DE LUMEN Y LADLAGARAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 240749 | 2019-12-11

R E S O L U T I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This appeal seeks to set aside the Decision[1] dated September 29, 2017 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08754 which affirmed the Decision[2] dated March 23, 2015 of Branch 23, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Trece Martires City, Cavite finding Giovanni de Lumen (appellant) guilty of violating Section 12, Article II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165.
 
The Antecedents

In Criminal Case No. TMCR-350-09, appellant and co-accused Arcangel Lapiz (Arcangel) were charged with violation of Section 12, Article II of RA 9165 or Illegal Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in an Information...