Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions > Year 2010 > November 2010 Resolutions > [G.R. No. 190617 : November 22, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. JOEL BALAY Y MENDOZA :

Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 22 November 2010 which reads as follows:

G.R. No. 190617 (People of the Philippines v. Joel Balay y Mendoza). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on January 6, 2010, pursuant to the Court of Appeals Resolution dated November 27, 2009 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by appellant Joel Balay y Mendoza.

In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated April 26, 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 October 29, 2009 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03248, finding appellant Joel Balay y Mendoza guilty beyond reasonable doubt of unauthorized sale of dangerous drugs under Section 5, 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.