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PEOPLE Vs. Aurora G. Escalona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AURORA ESCALONA Y GIMPAYAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 103973 | 1993-10-21

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

Appeal from the decision dated November 25, 1991 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 16, convicting the appellant, Aurora Escalona y Gimpayan, of having violated Section 15, Article III, in relation to Section 2 (c), (f), (m), (o), Article I of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended (otherwise known as The Dangerous Drugs Law) and sentencing her to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment.

The case for the prosecution stands on the lone testimony of Pfc. Eduardo Mabaet alleging that:

Upon receipt of confidential information that one alias "Maricar" of 584 Interior San Andres Street, Malate,...