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PEOPLE vs Angelito Tan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANGELITO TAN y NUBLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No.129376 | 2002-05-29

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Angelito N. Tan is a Manila-based businessman who also operates a small restaurant in the San Francisco area. He supports his wife, three sons and a daughter, all of whom reside in the United States. He was accused by the police of selling and possessing illegal drugs. He insists that he was framed, but the police officers who nabbed him claim that he was arrested in flagrante delicto during a legitimate buy-bust operation. At stake is the life and freedom of a father of four, who has been sentenced to spend the rest of his productive life behind bars. Also on the line is the State's implacable policy...