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Sangca vs. City Prosecutor of Cebu City 524 SCRA 610

ANISAH IMPAL SANGCA, Petitioner, versus THE CITY PROSECUTOR OF CEBU CITY and THE PRESIDING JUDGE, Regional Trial Court, Branch 58, Cebu City, Respondents.

G.R. No. 175864 | 2007-06-08

                                               D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:


On January 4, 2007, petitioner Anisah Impal Sangca filed the instant petition praying for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus and the release of Lovely Impal Adam who was detained in the Cebu City Jail for alleged violation of Section 5, Article 2 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The facts are as follows:

In the first week of July 2006, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),...