G.R. No. 254972 - ERNESTO GALICIA Y VILLARASA, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused ERNESTO GALICIA y VILLARA[S]A, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense under Section 12, Art. II of [Republic Act No.] 9165. Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, the accused is hereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment of six months and one day as minimum to four years as maximum, and to pay a fine of Fifty Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 50,000.00). He is further directed to submit himself to a drug dependency test. If accused admits drug use, or denies it [ ] but is found positive after the drug dependency test, he shall undergo treatment and rehabilitation for a period of not less than six months. In the service of the sentence, the accused shall be credited with the period of his preventive detention pursuant to Article 29 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended. SO ORDERED.