SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 230917. November 20, 2017.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. CELINO CALANDAY y ORTIZ @ CILINO CALANDAY y ORTIZ @ CELYNO CALANDAY y ORTIZ,accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated20 November 2017which reads as follows: aScITE
"G.R. No. 230917 (People of the Philippines v. Celino Calanday y Ortiz @ Cilino Calanday y Ortiz @ Celyno Calanday y Ortiz)
After a judicious study of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in the assailed Decision as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the September 30, 2016 Decision 1 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07235 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding accused-appellant Celino Calanday y Ortiz, alias "Cilino Calanday y Ortiz," alias "Celyno Calanday y Ortiz" GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of Illegal Possession and Illegal Sale of Prohibited Drugs, as defined and penalized under Sections 11 and 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, 2 otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002," sentencing him to suffer the following penalties: (a) an indeterminate penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day as minimum to seventeen (17) years and four (4) months, as maximum, and to pay a fine of P300,000.00 for Illegal Possession of Prohibited Drugs under Criminal Case No. 12-293706; and (b) life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000.00 for Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs under Criminal Case No. 12-293707.
SO ORDERED. (REYES, JR., J., on official leave)"
Very truly yours,
MA. LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of Court
By:
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 2-15. Penned by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario with Associate Justices Edwin D. Sorongon and Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob concurring.
2. Entitled "AN ACT INSTITUTING THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"; approved on June 7, 2002.