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PEOPLE Vs. Virgilio Manzano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIRGILIO MANZANO y OLEDAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 103393 | 1993-08-24

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated January 13, 1992, of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila which convicted appellant Virgilio Manzano of drug pushing, or violation of Section 20, Article IV of Republic Act No. 6425.

The facts of the case as recited in the decision of the trial court, are as follows:

". . . Acting on the information given by a confidential informant, and after a week-long surveillance, members of the Special Operations Group, Marikina Police Force, conducted a "buy-bust" operation at about 4 p.m., March 21, 1991 against accused Manzano. (Exhibit "C"). Observing...