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People vs. Josefina A. Esparas, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSEFINA A. ESPARAS and RODRIGO O. LIBED (at large), accused. JOSEFINA A. ESPARAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 120034 | 1998-07-10

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

The case at bar involves the first imposition of the death penalty on a woman, Josefina A. Esparas. Her crime is bringing to the country shabu whose street value at that time was estimated at P30 Million. 1 

The records show that JOSEFINA A. ESPARAS and her alleged husband, RODRIGO O. LIBED, were charged with the crime of illegally bringing into the country 20.09134 kilograms of shabu (Methamphetamine Hydrochloride), a regulated drug, in violation of Section 14, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended. The Amended Information 2 against them, dated June 21, 1994, reads: 

"That on or about the 20th...