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PEOPLE Vs. Antonio V. Enrile, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO ENRILE Y VILLAROMAN and ROGELIO ABUGATAL Y MARQUEZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 74189 | 1993-05-26

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

Sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of P30,000.00 for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act, Antonio Enrile faults the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City for convicting him. 1 His co-accused, Rogelio Abugatal, was killed in an attempted jailbreak and this appeal is dismissed as to him. 2 We deal here only with Enrile.

The evidence for the prosecution showed that at about half past six in the evening of October 25, 1985, a buy-bust team composed of Pat. Jaime Flores and Pat. Wilson Rances of the Quezon City Police Anti-Narcotics Unit was dispatched to entrap Rogelio Abugatal at Roosevelt Avenue in San...