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People of the Philippines Vs. Christopher De Mesa and Emmanuel Gonzales

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus CHRISTOPHER DE MESA and EMMANUEL GONZALES, Appeellants

G.R. No. 188570 | 2010-07-06

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is an appeal by Christopher de Mesa and Emmanuel Gonzales, accused in Criminal Case No. 04-0445, filed before the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque City. Appellants were charged with and convicted of Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs, punishable under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165.[1] Their conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals (CA) in a Decision dated February 27, 2009.[2]

The prosecution's evidence showed that, at around 10:00 a.m. of April 7, 2004, while Police Officer 2 (PO2) Peter Sistemio was at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) office in Quezon City, one of their...