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People of the Philippines Vs. Glenn Salvador y Balverde, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PIDLIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. GLENN SAL V ADORy BAL VERDE, and DORY ANNPARCONyDEL ROSARIO, Accused, GLENN SALV ADORy BALVERDE, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 190621 | 2014-02-10

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

In a buy-bust operation, the failure to conduct a physical inventory and to photograph the items seized from the accused will not render his arrest illegal or the items confiscated from him inadmissible in evidence as long as the integrity and evidentiary value of the said items have been preserved.1

Factual Antecedents

For review is the Decision2 · Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 03230 that affirmed in toto the January 15, 2008 Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 82, Quezon City, in Criminal Case Nos. Q-03-120799-800. The said RTC Decision found. Glenn Salvador y Balverde...