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PEOPLE Vs. Crisanta A. Sanchez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRISANTA SANCHEZ Y ABATILO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 103286 | 1994-03-07

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Accused Crisanta Sanchez y Abatilo was convicted for violation of Section 4, Article II of Republic Act 6425. She was sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment, to pay a fine of twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00) and to pay the costs. 1

The prosecution evidence established that on June 7, 1989, the Anti-Narcotics and Vice Division of Cagayan de Oro received a report from a confidential informant that a suspect has been peddling marijuana along Burgos Street and Abellanosa-del Pilar Streets, Cagayan de Oro. On the basis of this information, narcotics agents Jose Duallo and Eldegardo Gacuz were tasked...