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Guido Catuiran y Necudemus Vs. People of the Philippines

GUIDO CATUIRAN y NECUDEMUS Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 175467 | 2009-05-08

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

In this petition for review,[1] Guido Catuiran y Necudemus assails the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals[3] in CA-G.R. No. 27702 dated 28 June 2006, as well as its Resolution[4] dated 14 November 2006 which denied reconsideration. The assailed decision affirmed the judgment of conviction[5] rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Kalibo, Aklan, Branch 5 in Criminal Case No. 5834, one for violation of Section 16, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended.

Petitioner Guido Catuiran y Necudemus and his brother, Robert Catuiran (Robert), were apprehended in an entrapment operation conducted by the...