THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 240429. January 15, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.CAIRANIE MARANGIT y MACAPUNDAG, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedJanuary 15, 2020, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 240429 (People of the Philippines v. Cairanie Marangit y Macapundag) — Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the Appellant's 1 and Appellee's 2 Briefs, which the parties adopted instead of filing their respective supplementary appeal briefs, this Court resolves to dismiss accused-appellant's appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in its assailed February 28, 2018 Decision 3 as to warrant the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction. HTcADC
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the February 28, 2018 Decision and May 23, 2018 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01543-MIN, and AFFIRMS the said Decision finding appellant Cairanie Marangit y Macapundag guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating Section 5, 4 Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. CA rollo, pp. 28-49.
2.Id. at 75-87.
3.Rollo, pp. 3-15; penned by Associate Justice Tita Marilyn Payoyo-Villordon with Associate Justices Romulo V. Borja and Oscar V. Badelles, concurring.
4.Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals. — The penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall sell, trade, administer, dispense, deliver, give away to another, distribute, dispatch in transit or transport any dangerous drug, including any and all species of opium poppy regardless of the quantity and purity involved, or shall act as a broker in any of such transactions.