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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PABLITO ANDAYA Y REANO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PABLITO ANDAYA Y REANO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 183700 | 2014-10-13

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:

The non-presentation of the confidential informant as a witness does not ordinarily weaken the State's case against the accused. However, if the arresting lawmen arrested the accused based on the pre-arranged signal from the confidential informant who acted as the poseur buyer, his non-presentation must be credibly explained and the transaction established by other ways in order to satisfy the quantum of proof beyond reasonable doubt because the arresting lawmen did not themselves participate in the buy-bust transaction with the accused.

Antecedents
 
On February 7, 2003, an...