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People vs. Uy y Ting

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, VS. ROBERT UY y TING, ONG CHI SENG* @ JACKIE** ONG or ARCHIE, CO CHING KI*** @ CHAI ONG, TAN TY SIAO, GO SIAK PING, JAMES GO ONG @ WILLIAM GAN,**** Accused, ROBERT UY y TING, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 250307 | 2023-02-21

D E C I S I O N

GESMUNDO, C.J.:

This is an Appeal[1] seeking to reverse and set aside the April 25, 2019 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08320, which affirmed with modification the June 30, 2014 Joint Judgment[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela City, Branch 171 (RTC) in Criminal Case Nos. 1179-V-03 and 1180-V-03. The RTC found Robert Uy y Ting (accused­appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Violations of Section 5, in relation to Sec. 26(b), and of Sec. 11, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165.[4]

The Antecedents

In Criminal Case No. 1179-V-03,[5] accused-appellant,...