In this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45, accused-appellant Cesar D. Castro (Castro) assails the January 6, 2010 Decision¹ of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 31793, as effectively reiterated in its August 10, 2010 Resolution,² which affirmed in toto the July 11, 2008 Decision³ of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 16 in Laoag City, in Criminal Case No. 10784-16. The RTC found Castro guilty of violating Sec. 11, Art. II of Republic Act No. (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Castro was charged with possession of shabu in an Information dated July 26, 2003, the inculpatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 25th day of July 2003 in the City of Laoag, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the herein accused did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have in his possession, control and custody, Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, locally known as shabu