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People vs. Jaymalin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO JAYMALIN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 90452 | 1992-10-19

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This was not an ordinary buy-bust operation because a man was shot to death in the process. But that killing is not now before us. What concerns us here is the conviction of the accused-appellant for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

The information against him read as follows:

INFORMATION

Undersigned accuses MARIO JAYMALIN of Kiangan, Ifugao, of the crime of DRUG PUSHING defined and penalized by RA 6425, known as Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as amended successively by PD Nos. 44, 1675, 1683, 1708 and Batas Pambansa Blg. 179, committed as follows:

That on or about 8:30 o'clock, evening of October 20, 1983, at...