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Ballon vs. People

MELVIN ENCINARES Y BALLON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 252267 | 2021-01-11

SECOND DIVISION
 

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 November 27, 2019 and the Resolution[3] dated March 10, 2020 rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 42150, which affirmed the Decision[4] dated July 27, 2018 of the Regional Trial Court of xxxxxxxxxxx (RTC) in Criminal Case No. R-QZN-17-02854-CR, finding petitioner Melvin Encinares y Ballon (petitioner) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 10 (a) of Republic Act No. (RA) 7610,[5] otherwise known as the "Special...