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[G.R. No. 173485 : November 23, 2011]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NENITA LEGASPI Y LUCAS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Challenged in this appeal is the January 16, 2006 Decision1 promulgated by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01209, which affirmed in toto the Judgment2 of conviction for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 rendered by the Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 164, in Criminal Case No. 12351-D.

On April 23, 2003, accused-appellant Nenita Legaspi y Lucas (Legaspi), also known as "Nita,"
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