September 2011 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
[G.R. No. 196790 : September 26, 2011]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. EDWIN ANGELES Y ZAFRA
G.R. No. 196790 (People of the Philippines vs. Edwin Angeles y Zafra). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on May 25, 2011, pursuant to the Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated January 6, 2011 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by accused-appellant Edwin Angeles.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated June 22, 2011, the Office of the Solicitor General filed its manifestation stating that it was no longer filing a Supplemental Brief with this Court; and that it was adopting all the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in its Appellee's Brief filed before the CA. The accused-appellant, on the other hand, filed his Supplemental Brief on August 31, 2011.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the accused-appellant to sufficiently show any reversible error in the challenged decision warranting the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction.cralaw
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the Decision dated September 23, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 03466 finding accused-appellant Edwin Angeles y Zafra a.k.a. "Edwin Fishball,� in Criminal Case No. 14026-F, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Violation of Section 5, Article II of R.A. No. 9165, and imposing upon him the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00), with the accessory penalties provided under Section 35 of R.A. No. 9165. (Perez, J., designated as acting member, per Special Order No. 1102 dated September 21, 2011).
SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) LUCITA ABJELINA-SORIANO
Division Clerk of Court