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People vs. Rasos Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSE RASOS, JR. Y PADOLLO @ "JOSE", ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 243639 | 2019-09-18

D E C I S I O N
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
Given the very nature of the anti-illegal drugs campaign, the nature of entrapment and buy-bust operations, the usual practice of utilizing unreliable characters as informants, and the great ease by which drug specimen can be planted in the pockets or hands of unsuspecting persons, most of whom come from the marginalized sectors of society, the propensity for police abuse is great. This is precisely why the innocent is provided refuge under the protective mantle of the law – through the mandatory requirements laid down in Republic Act No. 9165, as amended. The instant case is yet...