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People vs. Eduardo Gomez 270 SCRA 432

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. EDUARDO GOMEZ and FELIPE IMMACULATA, accused. FELIPE IMMACULATA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 101817 | 1997-03-26

DECISION
 
VITUG, J.:
 
Quite unfortunately, in the war on drugs, almost invariably, it is the little fellow who easily gets the axe but the barons come out unscathed.

Accused Eduardo Gomez, a bartender, and Felipe Immaculata, a former bus driver, were implicated in the crime of transporting twenty (20) kilograms of heroin, estimated to be worth $40,000,000.00,[1] contained in two golfbags. Arraigned, tried and ultimately convicted, Gomez and Immaculata were each meted the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay a P20,000.00 fine by the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 113,[2] in Criminal Case...