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PEOPLE. Vs. Normita C. Sadie

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NORMITA SADIE y CASTRO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-66907 | 1987-04-14

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Found guilty of a violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425 1 which prohibits and punishes trafficking in dangerous drugs, Normita Sadie y Castro appealed the judgment of the Trial Court 2 sentencing her to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P20,000.00.

The People's evidence rests chiefly on the testimony of three members of the Constabulary Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) who allegedly formed part of a group that carried out a so-called "buy-bust" (entrapment) operation which caught the appellant in its toils. The facts sought to be thereby proven may briefly be summarized as follows:

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