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PEOPLE Vs. Daniel B. Mangusan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANIEL MANGUSAN y BUTETE, JULIO TOKWABAN y SADAKEN and ANDY TONIS y DANIO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 77832 | 1990-09-14

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The accused-appellants are before this Court to question the decision of the Regional Trial Court of La Trinidad, Benguet, convicting them of selling marijuana in violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act and sentencing each of them to life imprisonment and a fine of P20,000.00. 1

The lower court found that the accused were apprehended as a result of a buy-bust operation conducted by a NARCOM team on June 11, 1984, near the Mountain State Agricultural College in Benguet.

The team was composed of five persons, with Patrolwoman Mercedes Garcia acting as the poseur/buyer. The other team members were P/Pfc. Elmer...