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G.R. No. 140679. January 14, 2004.
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does not enfeeble the case for the prosecution. Informants are
almost always never presented in court because of the need to
preserve their invaluable service to the police. Their testimony or
identity may be dispensed with inasmuch as his or her narration
would be merely corroborative, especially so in this case, when the
poseurbuyer himself testified on the sale of the illegal drug.
Same Same Same The marked money used in the buybust
operation is not indispensable in drug cases it is merely
corroborative evidence.Even if the xerox copy of the P500.00 bill
was erroneously admitted in evidence by the trial court, the
absence of the original of the marked money is inconsequential.
The marked money used in the buybust operation is not
indispensable in drug cases it is merely corroborative evidence.
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SPECIMEN SUBMITTED :
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8 TSN, 3 June 1998, pp. 811 TSN, 28 September 1998, pp. 47 TSN,
26 October 1998, pp. 34 Exhibits B, H & I & their respective
submarkings.
9 TSN, 3 June 1998, p. 11 Exhibit A.
10 TSN, 28 August 1998, pp. 35 TSN, 28 September 1998, pp. 89
Exhibits A4 & submarkings.
11 TSN, 28 August 1998, p. 6 Exhibit A1.
12 TSN, 11 February 1998, pp. 36.
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F I N D I N G S:
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14 TSN, 20 April 1999, pp. 24 TSN, 3 May 1999, pp. 17 TSN, 17 May
1999, pp. 15.
15 Records, pp. 128135.
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16 Rollo, p. 50
17 People vs. Larry Caritativo, G.R. Nos. 14545253, June 10, 2003, 403
SCRA 608.
18 People vs. Agnes Padasin y Chakiton, G.R. No. 143671, February 14,
2003, 397 SCRA 417.
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q Who went ahead to the place where the sale will take
place?
a The team of SPO4 Ventura, sir.
q And did you reach the place where the transaction will
take place?
a Yes, sir.
q Before you started to the place where the transaction
will take place in front of the Divine Word College of
Laoag, did you know then the face of Manny Domingcil?
a No, sir.
q How did you know his face then?
a Belrey Oliver, the informant, informed me that the
person is Manny Domingcil.
q So, what you are saying is: when you arrived at the
scene where the transaction would take place, Manny
Domingcil was already there and that Belrey Oliver
pointed him to you?
a Yes, sir.
q After that, what did you do with Belrey Oliver?
a We went near Manny Domingcil, sir.
q And after or as soon as you were near him, what
happened next?
a Belrey Oliver introduced Manny Domingcil to me as the
buyer, sir.
q What did Oliver say?
a
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q And what about the P500 peso bill, do you know what
happened to it?
a SPO2 Marlin Ramos recovered the P500 peso bill from
the pocket of Manny Domingcil.
q And after arresting Manny Domingcil where did your
group go?
a To the police station, sir.
q Do you know if any records were made to your police
station when you returned or arrived there?
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a Yes, sir.
q What for example?
a They made a request . . . we reflected in the police blotter
the apprehension of Manny Domingcil, the confiscation
of the marijuana and the recovery of the marked money
in the amount of P500.00.
q Was the serial number of the P500 bill you recovered
from the pocket of Manny Domingcil recorded?
a Yes, sir.
q And do you know what happened to the stuff later on
after you returned to the police station?
a They made a request to Dr. Adaya to conduct an19
initial
examination on the confiscated marijuana, sir.
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It was also fairly established
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by SPO3 Diosdado Mamotos
and SPO1 Loreto Ancheta that the confiscated marijuana
was the same substance examined by the forensic chemist
and later presented as evidence in court.
The testimonies of the principal prosecution witnesses
complement each other, giving a complete picture of how
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27 People vs. Fausto Obedo y Borbajo, G.R. No. 123054, June 10, 2003,
403 SCRA 431.
28 People vs. Evelyn Patayek y Calag, G.R. No. 123076, March 26, 2003,
399 SCRA 490.
29 374 SCRA 289 (2002).
30 People vs. Uy, 380 SCRA 700 (2002).
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33 People vs. Ruel Eugenio y Angeles, G.R. No. 146805, January 16,
2003, 395 SCRA 317.
34 People vs. Ganenas, 364 SCRA 582 (2001).
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Judgment affirmed.
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