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Reynaldo Garcia, et al. vs CA, et al.

REYNALDO GARCIA, AARON DE LA ROSA, SAM CASTOR and ROLLY DAMOS, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 110983 | 1996-03-08

PANGANIBAN, J.:


Reiterated by this Court in resolving this case is the settled rule that the findings of fact of a trial court, especially when affirmed by the Court of Appeals, are entitled to great respect and are accorded the highest consideration, absent any clear showing of abuse or arbitrariness. The applicability of the Indeterminate Sentence Law in convictions for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Law first enunciated in the 1994 case of People vs. Simon is adhered to.

Petitioners are before this Court seeking a review by way of certiorari of the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals 2 in CA-G.R. CR No. 12987 which affirmed with...