FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 215752. August 10, 2015.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TERESITA MANIMTIM Y MORALES AND MARIO MORALES Y ANICETE, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedAugust 10, 2015 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 215752 (People of the Philippines v. Teresita Manimtim y Morales and Mario Morales y Anicete). — The letter dated June 9, 2015 of Edilinda Patac, M.D., MHSA, FPSMS, Officer-in-Charge, Correctional Institution for Women, Mandaluyong City, stating that accused-appellant Teresita Manintim y Morales was received in the institution on June 8, 2015, in compliance with the Resolution dated February 18, 2015; the letter dated June 12, 2015 of P/Supt. II Richard W. Schwarzkopf, Jr., Superintendent, New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City, stating that accused-appellant Mario Morales y Anicete was received in the institution on July 4, 2012; the accused-appellants' manifestation (in lieu of supplemental brief) in compliance with the Resolution dated February 18, 2015; and the Office of the Solicitor General's manifestation and motion stating that it will no longer file a supplemental brief as required in the Resolution dated February 18, 2015 are all NOTED.
After a judicious perusal of the records, 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 May 29, 2014 Decision 1 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 05638 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding accused-appellants Teresita Manimtim y Morales and Mario Morales y Anicete GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs in violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, 2 otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002," sentencing them to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000.00 each.
SO ORDERED." HESIcT
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Rollo, pp. 2-24. Penned by Associate Justice Stephen C. Cruz with Associate Justices Magdangal M. De Leon and Eduardo B. Peralta, Jr. 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 June 7, 2002.