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PEOPLE vs Bandang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MARIAM BANDANG y SALAMAT, ADING SALAMAT & RAKIMA ABUBAKAR, appellants.

G.R. No. 151314 | 2004-06-03

D E C I S I O N




SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

The commission of the offense of illegal sale of regulated drugs requires merely the consummation of the selling transaction. In a "buy-bust" operation, such as in the case at bar, what is important is the fact that the poseur-buyer received the shabu from the appellants and that the same was presented as evidence in Court. In short, proof of the transaction suffices.[1]

This is an appeal from the Decision[2] dated December 21, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Manila in Criminal Case No. 00-182559 finding Mariam Bandang, Ading Salamat and Rakima Abubakar, appellants, guilty beyond...