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People vs. Sergio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MARIA CRISTINA P. SERGIO AND JULIUS LACANILAO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 240053 | 2019-10-09

HERNANDO, J.:
 
The peculiar factual circumstances surrounding the present case give rise to a novel question of law. May a prosecution witness, like Mary Jane Veloso (Mary Jane), who was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death by the Indonesian Government and who is presently confined in a prison facility in Indonesia, testify by way of deposition without violating the constitutional right to confrontation of a witness by the accused? 
 
This petition for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the December 13, 2017 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No....