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PEOPLE Vs. Willy P. Bagawe

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILLY BAGAWE y PAGALLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 88515-16 | 1992-04-07

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The accused was only eighteen years old when he was charged with illegal sale of a prohibited narcotic under Section 4, Article II, of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Subsequently tried and convicted, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of P20,000.00. 1 He is now before this Court and asks for a reversal of the judgment against him, pleading error on the part of the lower court and his own innocence.

The evidence for the prosecution showed that on April 14, 1987, an informer reported to the First Narcotic Regional Unit in Baguio City that a certain Willy (who was subsequently identified as...