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[G.R. No. 184871 : December 10, 2008] RICARDO SARMIENTO Y PRUDENCIO V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES :
[G.R. No. 184871 : December 10, 2008]
RICARDO SARMIENTO Y PRUDENCIO V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated 10 December 2008:
G.R. No. 184871 (Ricardo Sarmiento y Prudencio v. People of the Philippines).-Considering the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in the petition for review on certiorari dated 24 October 2008, the Court resolves to DENY the petition for failure to sufficiently show reversible error in the assailed decision to warrant the exercise of this Court's discretionary appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated 25 June 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 30830 which affirmed in toto the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 82 dated 26 February 2007 finding petitioner Ricardo Sarmiento y Prudencio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and sentencing him to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years and one (1) day as minimum to fourteen (14) years as maximum and to pay a fine in the amount of Three Hundred Pesos (P300,000.00), and AFFIRMS said Decision.
SO ORDERED.
G.R. No. 184871 (Ricardo Sarmiento y Prudencio v. People of the Philippines).-Considering the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in the petition for review on certiorari dated 24 October 2008, the Court resolves to DENY the petition for failure to sufficiently show reversible error in the assailed decision to warrant the exercise of this Court's discretionary appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated 25 June 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 30830 which affirmed in toto the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 82 dated 26 February 2007 finding petitioner Ricardo Sarmiento y Prudencio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and sentencing him to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years and one (1) day as minimum to fourteen (14) years as maximum and to pay a fine in the amount of Three Hundred Pesos (P300,000.00), and AFFIRMS said Decision.
SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) LUDICHI YASAY-NUNAG
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) LUDICHI YASAY-NUNAG
Clerk of Court