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PEOPLE vs. Marcelino Yap, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO YAP AND ROBERTO MENDOZA, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 87088-89 | 1990-05-09

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Resolving this appeal, we affirm the judgment, dated 11 March 1988, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 56, National Capital Judicial Region, Metro Manila, 1 finding, after joint trial, accused Marcelino Yap guilty of illegal sale of marijuana in Criminal Case No. 23814, and accused Roberto Mendoza of illegal possession of the same drug in Criminal Case No. 23815, pursuant to the Dangerous Drugs Act (RA No. 6425, as amended).

The evidence for the prosecution substantially discloses:

Both accused herein are inmates of the Makati Municipal Jail.

On 1 May 1986, at about 8:00 o'clock in the evening,...