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[G.R. No. 193189 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES V. ARMANDO BALISADO Y MANDATIS:
[G.R. No. 193189 : December 15, 2010]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES V. ARMANDO BALISADO Y MANDATIS
Sirs/Mesdames:
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 15 December 2010 which reads as follows:
G.R. No. 193189 (People of the Philippines v. Armando Balisado y Mandatis). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on August 27, 2010, pursuant to the Court of Appeals Resolution dated April 27, 2010 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by appellant Armando Balisado y Mandatis.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated September 15, 2010, the parties filed their respective Manifestations, stating that they are no longer filing Supplemental Briefs with this Court and are adopting all the allegations, issues, and arguments adduced in their respective Briefs filed before the Court of Appeals.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the appellant to sufficiently show reversible error in the challenged decision to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated March 23, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03385, finding appellant Armando Balisado y Mandatis guilty beyond reasonable doubt for violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, sentencing him to life imprisonment, and ordering him to pay the amount of P500,000.00 as fine, and AFFIRMS said Decision in toto.
SO ORDERED.
G.R. No. 193189 (People of the Philippines v. Armando Balisado y Mandatis). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on August 27, 2010, pursuant to the Court of Appeals Resolution dated April 27, 2010 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by appellant Armando Balisado y Mandatis.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated September 15, 2010, the parties filed their respective Manifestations, stating that they are no longer filing Supplemental Briefs with this Court and are adopting all the allegations, issues, and arguments adduced in their respective Briefs filed before the Court of Appeals.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the appellant to sufficiently show reversible error in the challenged decision to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated March 23, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03385, finding appellant Armando Balisado y Mandatis guilty beyond reasonable doubt for violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, sentencing him to life imprisonment, and ordering him to pay the amount of P500,000.00 as fine, and AFFIRMS said Decision in toto.
SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA.LUISA L. LAUREA
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA.LUISA L. LAUREA
Clerk of Court