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Dimakuta vs. People [DECISION]

MUSTAPHA DIMAKUTA Y MARUHOM, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 206513 | 2015-10-20

D E C I S I O N
 
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
 
The Court is now faced with one of the predicaments I discussed in my Dissenting and Concurring Opinion in Colinares v. People.[1] The question regarding the application of the Probation Law is again inescapably intertwined with the present petition. Consequently, I must reiterate my assertions and arguments in Colinares to the case at bar.
 

In the present controversy, petitioner Mustapha Dimakuta y Maruhom alias Boyet was indicted for Violation of Section 5 Paragraph (b), Article III of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and...