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PEOPLE vs. Jaime Medina, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. JAIME MEDINA y BANAG and VIRGILIO CARLOS, accused, JAIME MEDINA y BANAG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127157 | 1998-07-10

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

Accused-appellant Jaime B. Medina and accused Virgilio Carlos were apprehended on October 3, 1996 by members of the Narcotics Intelligence and Suppression Unit (NISU) under the Philippine National Police Narcotics Command (PNP-NARCOM) for selling Methamphetamine hydrochloride without authority of law.

Based on a complaint 1 filed by the NARCOM, the two were brought before Assistant City Prosecutor Lillian H. Ramiro for inquest. In their counter-affidavits submitted to said prosecutor, accused Carlos 2 denied any involvement in the transaction by claiming that he merely accompanied appellant to the place of...