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PEOPLE Vs. Arturo L. Mauyao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTURO MAUYAO y LORENZO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 84525 | 1992-04-06

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

For "pushing" five (5) tea bags of marijuana, Arturo Mauyao, then 41, was sentenced to a life in prison and to pay a fine of P20,000.00. Once more, he reasserts his innocence, this time, before this Court.

Interestingly, on 19 August 1991, the accused-appellant filed a Motion to Withdraw Appeal only to retract it in a letter dated 11 January 1992. The Court allowed the withdrawal on 19 February 1992.

The prosecution evidence narrates that a team of police operatives from the Narcotics Unit of the Western Police District conducted a surveillance after "the Office received several phone calls from...