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People vs. Dumagay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE VS. JESUS DUMAGAY Y SUACITO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 216753 | 2018-02-07

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
"[B]etter to set free ten men who might be probably guilty of the crime charged than to convict one innocent man for a crime he did not commit."[1]

This is an appeal filed by appellant Jesus Dumagay y Suacito from the October 23, 2014 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00985-MIN, affirming the August 26, 2011 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Zamboanga City, Branch 13 in Criminal Case No. 6030 (22827), finding the appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 5, Article II of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165.

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