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PEOPLE vs Evangeline Ganenas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EVANGELINE GANENAS y URBANO, appellant.

G.R. No. 141400 | 2001-09-06

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

In drug cases, entrapment is a normal police technique to catch the culprit in flagrante delicto. On the other hand, denial and frame-up are the usual defenses set up by the accused. Here, affirmative statements are given greater weight than mere denials. In any case, the issue becomes factual and the findings of trial courts, which had firsthand opportunity to observe the demeanor of the witnesses, deserve highest respect.

The Case

Evangeline Ganenas y Urbano appeals the December 1, 1999 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 103, Quezon City, in Criminal Case No. 99-81866, in which she was...