Back

PEOPLE. Vs. John Pelotin

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOHN PELOTIN and WILLIAM DOMINGO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 66178-79 | 1989-01-31

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The rampant peddling of marijuana and other prohibited drugs in school premises must be a cause for alarm. Thus, the apprehension of those actively trafficking in these instruments of destruction should be relentlessly pursued. The case now before this court is one of such apprehensions. It deserves prior attention.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon of August 9, 1982, Ephraim Englis, an applicant for the Integrated National Police, upon instruction of Sgt. Mamerto Martinez, team leader of the Special Operation Group of the PHO, conducted a surveillance at the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges in...