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PEOPLE. Vs. Pedro A. Estillero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO ESTILLERO y ABESA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 84148 | 1989-06-05

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

To a charge of drug-pushing, in violation of Republic Act 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act, the appellant pleaded not guilty upon arraignment on February 4, 1987 in Criminal Case No. RTC '87-1530, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Pedro Estillero, Jr." in the Regional Trial Court of Naga City.

Based on information given to the Naga City police by a police informant, Amelita Catolico, that marijuana was being sold at the public market, police lieutenant Tomas Rentoy, Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Narcotics Unit, together with patrolmen Rodolfo Imperial, Benjamin Navarro, Jr. and...