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People vs. Cesar Lacbanes

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. CESAR LACBANES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 88684 | 1997-03-20

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

For selling marijuana, accused-appellant Cesar Lacbanes was arrested and charged with violating Section 4, Article II of Republic Act 6425 or the Dangerous Drugs Act. He was convicted by the Regional Trial Court of Palo, Leyte and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. 1 In his appeal before this Court, he assails his conviction on the ground that entrapment was never clearly established by the prosecution's evidence.

The prosecution relied on the testimony of PFC Ricardo Rosales, a member of the Narcotics Section of the Tacloban Police Station who testified that his command received information that...