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PEOPLE vs Pendatuin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. SAMROD PENDATUN y KASAN, RICHARD NU?EZ y SANITA, CANAPI AMBALGAN y BAGUNDONG alias “PIA”, NOEL LANTIKAN y PEREGRINA, JOVEN CASEM y MENKO alias “SARIP”, SARAH PENDATUN y PANDIAN and TARHATA “TATA” SALMORE y WATAMA alias “THATA”, appellants.

G.R. No. 148822 | 2004-07-12

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On appeal is the assailed decision of the Regional Trial Court of San Pedro, Laguna, Branch 31[1] finding appellants Samrod Pendatun y Kasan, Richard Nuñez y Sanita, Canapi Ambalgan y Bagundong alias "Pia", Noel Lantikan y Peregrina, Joven Casem y Menko alias "Sarip", Sarah Pendatun y Pandian and Tarhata Salmore y Watama alias "Tata", guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of selling 982.1 grams of shabu, a regulated drug, sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering them to pay a fine of P500,000.00 and costs.

Appellants were charged with violation of Section...