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People vs. Sanchez [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SALVADOR SANCHEZ y ESPIRITU, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 175832 | 2008-10-15

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
This case confronts us once more with the buy-bust of a prohibited drug and the procedural difficulties this type of operation poses for the police as well as for the prosecution.

On appeal is the September 11, 2006 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01095. The CA affirmed the April 14, 2005 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 103, Quezon City, that found the accused-appellant Salvador Sanchez y Espiritu (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165 (the Comprehensive...