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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RECTO ANGNGAO Y MAKAY AND ROBERT CARLIN Y PECDASEN, ACCUSED, RECTO ANGNGAO Y MAKAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RECTO ANGNGAO Y MAKAY AND ROBERT CARLIN Y PECDASEN, ACCUSED, RECTO ANGNGAO Y MAKAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 189296 | 2015-03-11

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The State bears the burden of establishing the chain of custody of the dangerous drugs confiscated during a buy-bust operation. The evidence of the chain of custody must meet the test of proof beyond reasonable doubt.

The Case
 
In its decision promulgated on November 28, 2008,[1] the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the conviction of Recto Angngao y Makay aka Amboy under the judgment rendered on December 14, 2006 by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 61 (RTC), in Baguio City for the illegal sale of 250 grams of marijuana resin or hashish (Criminal Case Nos. 22317-R), and for the illegal...