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PEOPLE Vs. Apollo D. Mariano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. APOLLO MARIANO y DING-DING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 86656 | 1990-10-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The campaign against drug trafficking more than other law enforcement concerns deserves the priority consideration of Government. Subject to constitutional constraints contained in the Bill of Rights, we are duty-bound to lend our full support to the save-a-user-jail-the-pusher drive currently enforced by narcotic agents. Resolving the instant appeal, we affirm the judgment of conviction rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Third Judicial Region, Branch 10, Malolos, Bulacan as there are no such constraints warranting a reversal. The facts call for an affirmance.

The accused-appellant was charged...