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PEOPLE vs. Roberto C. Libag

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO LIBAG Y CABADING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 68997 | 1990-04-27

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

Roberto Libag y Cabading, found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425 (Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 as amended) by the Regional Trial Court, First Judicial Region, Branch V, Baguio City and sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment for life, to pay a fine of P20,000.00 and costs, now seeks a reversal of the said decision and prays for his acquittal on the ground that the trial court erred in finding him guilty for the following reasons

"1. THE TRIAL COURT CORRECTLY DISREGARDED THE INHERENTLY HEARSAY TESTIMONY OF THE TWO ARRESTING OFFICERS, THE ALLEGED...