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PEOPLE Vs. Roland L. Melosantos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLAND L. MELOSANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115304 | 1995-07-03

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Amidst the pervasive and escalating traffic of illegal drugs, the decision of the court a quo in Criminal Case No. 2188-D which principally adjudged the culpability of Roland L. Melosantos for the illicit sale of one kilogram of "shabu", and imposed the penalty of life imprisonment (p. 240, Record) could have received the approbation of a public already exasperated with the seemingly endless social malady. But not for Roland L. Melosantos who continues to profess his innocence in the appeal now before us.

The theory of the People is to the effect that accused-appellant's apprehension was preceded by a buy-bust...