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PEOPLE vs Carlos Boco y Alejo, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS BOCO y ALEJO and RONALDO INOCENTES y CRUZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 129676 | 1999-06-23

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The capital penalty is not automatically imposed upon illegal peddlers of dangerous drugs. The penalties under the latest amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Law, introduced by Republic Act 7659, range from prision correccional to death, depending on the quantity and the kind of the prohibited or regulated drug involved and on the attendant mitigating and aggravating circumstances. More specifically, the penalty is reclusion perpetua to death when the amount of shabu involved is 200 grams or more. Since the prosecution did not prove the presence of any aggravating circumstance in the present case, the trial...