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PEOPLE vs. Reynaldo v. Ibarra

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO IBARRA y VERGARA, accused-appellant

G.R. No. 107837 | 1994-06-27

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J p:

The resolution by this Court of the present appellate entreaty may give an impression of another setback, for this turn, in the ongoing campaign against the traffic in dangerous drugs. Evidently, however, at bottom of this decision and as we have demonstrated in our other pronouncements, * is the palpable need for improved collation and presentation of evidence by the police authorities in drug cases. For, equally as important as the duty of the State to provide a haven for its citizens from the evils of the narcotics plague is its paramount responsibility for the judicial protection of the basic rights of...