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People of the Philippines Vs. Jovi Pornillos y Hallare

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, vs. .JOVI PORNILLOS y HALLARE, Appellant.

G.R. No. 201109 | 2013-10-02

THIRD DIVISION

DECISION

ABAD, J.:

The main issue in this drugs case centers on the wide discrepancy between the weight of the substance seized from the accused and the weight of the substance subject of forensic test.

The Facts and the Case

The Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines Sur charged Jovi I fallare Pornillos (Pornillos) before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of I riga City in Criminal Case IR-6733 with selling 0.2204 gram of shabu in violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) 9165.

The prosecution's version is that on May 14, 2004 Capt. Dennis Vargas briefed his police team on a buy-bust operation it was to caJTY out...