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PEOPLE vs. GODOFREDO RUIZ, JR.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GODOFREDO RUIZ, JR. y SALAMANCA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 135679 and 137375 | 2001-10-10

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

Accused-appellant is the son of a retired police colonel.[1] His accusers are also police officers who claimed that he was caught selling and possessing illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation. While accused-appellant insists that he was set-up, the police officers who accosted him cry arrest in flagrante delicto. The task before the Court is to determine which of the two factual versions is the truth. On the line is the life line is the life and freedom of a young man sentenced to reclusion perpetua. Also in the balance is the State's firm policy against those who wreak havoc on young lives by pushing illegal...