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People vs. Rojas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REYNALDO ROJAS Y VILLABLANCA, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 222563 | 2018-07-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The failure of the arresting officers to explain the lapses in their compliance with the safeguards imposed by law for preserving the integrity of the confiscated substances as evidence of the corpus delicti entitles the accused to acquittal on the ground of failure of the State to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
 
The Case

Reynaldo Rojas y Villablanca, Jr. (Reynaldo) assails the decision promulgated on August 20, 2015,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the decision rendered on November 8, 2012 in Criminal Case No. 5856 (21884) and Criminal Case No. 5857 (21885)...