As Danilo could not be subdued and placed in the police car, the police had to stop a passenger jeep and load him into it.Īccused-appellants were then taken to Camp Delgado. He kicked some members of the team and bit the hand of P/INSP Relado. When Lambino identified himself as a NARCOM agent and told both accused-appellants that they were under arrest, 11 Edwin tried to run away, but he was intercepted and handcuffed by members of the team. 10 PO1 Lambino opened the bag and saw a brick of dried marijuana leaves wrapped in a newspaper. Edwin handed a black bag to Danilo who then delivered it to PO1 Lambino. 9Īt about 6 o'clock in the morning, just as the members of the team were about to leave, accused-appellants arrived on a jeep. PO1 Lambino followed and went to a waiting shed near the boarding house. At about 5:30 o'clock in the morning, PO1 Alfonso went out of the boarding house to buy cigarettes from a store in front of the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus College. Hughes St., and the rest of the team stayed near the gate of the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus College, which was separated from the boarding house only by a footwalk.Īccused-appellants failed to show up at the agreed time. 7 In a sketch 8 which he drew in open court, PO1 Lambino indicated that he and PO1 Alfonso stayed inside the boarding house, while PO2 Adonis posted himself near the Bayani Royal Hotel across the street on Gen. 6Īt 2 o'clock in the morning of January 22, 1998, the members of the team deployed themselves in the vicinity of the boarding house of PO1 Lambino. Glicerio Gafate and Honrado and PO2 Diosdado Adonis as part of the arresting team. The team was composed of PO1 Lambino, who would act as a poseur-buyer, and PO1 Wendel Alfonso, as close back-up, with Sgts. 5Ī team was, therefore, organized by P/INSP Relado to conduct a buy-bust operation. Both accused-appellants promised to return at 4 o'clock in the morning of the next day, January 22, 1998, to deliver the marijuana for which they would be paid the balance of the agreed price. Accused-appellant Edwin was also present inside the house of the captain when the transaction took place. PO1 Lambino offered to give an initial payment of P1,500.00 in three P500 bills, all marked with the initials "AR" (for Alex Relado), which accused-appellant Danilo Rodriguez accepted. Hughes St., owned by a person referred to as "captain," where PO1 Lambino ordered 1 kilogram of marijuana for the price of P6,000.00. PO1 Lambino was afterwards taken to the house located along Gen. On January 21, 1998, at about 9 o'clock in the evening, PO1 Lambino was introduced by the narcotics agent to accused-appellants as a bakasyonista who was into drugs.
Accordingly, the Chief of Police of Camp Delgado, P/INSP Alex Relado, assigned Assistant Investigator and Intelligence Operative PO1 Richard Lambino to the boarding house of the confidential agent on Gen. On January 13, 1998, the 6 th Regional Narcotics Operatives at Camp Delgado in Iloilo City received information from a confidential agent that accused-appellants Danilo Rodriguez and Edwin Rodriguez were selling marijuana. 4 Their testimonies are to the following effect: The prosecution presented three witnesses, namely, P/SINSP Angela Baldevieso, PNP Crime Laboratory Forensic Chemist, PO1 Richard Lambino, and PO1 Wendel Alfonso. When arraigned on April 15, 1998, accused-appellants pleaded not guilty, 3 whereupon they were tried. That on or about the 22nd day of January, 1998, in the City of Iloilo, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Court, said accused, with deliberate intent and without any justifiable motive, conspiring and confederating with one another, working together, and helping one another, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and criminally sell and/or distribute one (1) block dried marijuana fruiting tops weighing 932.3 grams, without having the necessary permit or authority to sell and/or distribute the same. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act, and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of P3,000,000.00 each.Ĭharges against accused-appellants for violation of R.A.
#EDWIN RODRIGUEZ MEDICO TRIAL#
This is an appeal from the decision, 1 dated January 25, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 35, Iloilo City, finding accused-appellants Danilo D. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,ĭANILO RODRIGUEZ and EDWIN RODRIGUEZ, Accused-Appellants. Home > ChanRobles Virtual Law Library > Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence >
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