SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 231123. January 8, 2018.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. AARON ELEAZAR D. MERCED, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 08 January 2018 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 231123 (People of the Philippines v. Aaron Eleazar D. Merced)
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 November 22, 2016 Decision 1 of the CA in CA G.R. CR-HC No. 02029 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding accused-appellant Aaron Eleazar D. Merced GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs, as defined and penalized under Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002," sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine in the amount of P500,000.00.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
MA. LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of Court
By:
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 4-17. Penned by Associate Justice Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig with Associate Justices Edgardo L. Delos Santos and Edward B. Contreras concurring.