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People vs. Dela Torre

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DESIREE DELA TORRE Y ARBILLON, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 238519 | 2019-06-26

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is an appeal filed by appellant Desiree Dela Torre y Arbillon of the Decision[1] dated July 27, 2017 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 08268, affirming with modification the Decision[2] dated April 13, 2016 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 64 in Criminal Case Nos. 15-1009 and 15-1010.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On March 14, 2015, at around 11:00 a.m., PSupt. Mario Ignacio alerted his team and tasked them to conduct an anti-narcotics operation in Barangay Palanan, Makati City. Prosecution witness PO1 Mauro Pagulayan was informed that their...