SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 245923. January 22, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.JERICHO GADIA NANAMAN, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated22 January 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 245923 (People of the Philippines v. Jericho Gadia Nanaman). — The Court resolves to: (a)GRANT the Public Attorney's Office's motion for extension of thirty (30) days from September 22, 2019 within which to file supplemental brief; and (b)NOTE the aforesaid SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF dated October 16, 2019 for accused-appellant Jericho Gadia Nanaman (accused-appellant) in compliance with the Resolution dated June 3, 2019.
After a judicious study of the case, the Court further resolves to DISMISS the appeal 1 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. aDSIHc
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the September 28, 2018 Decision 2 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01676-MIN and AFFIRMS with MODIFICATION said Decision finding accused-appellant GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of Illegal Sale and Illegal Possession of Dangerous Drugs, defined and penalized under Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, 3 otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002." Accordingly he is sentenced to suffer the following penalties: (a) in Criminal Case No. 06-17801, for the crime of Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs, the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine in the amount of P500,000.00; and (b) in Criminal Case No. 06-17800, for the crime of Illegal Possession of Dangerous Drugs, the penalty of imprisonment for an indeterminate period of twelve (12) years and one (1) day, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years and one (1) day, as maximum, and a fine in the amount of P300,000.00.
SO ORDERED. (Reyes, A., Jr. and Hernando, JJ., on official leave.)" ATICcS
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. See Notice of Appeal dated October 23, 2018; rollo, pp. 29-30.
2.Id. at 5-28. Penned by Associate Justice Perpetua T. Atal-Paño with Associate Justices Edgardo A. Camello and Walter S. Ong, concurring.
3. 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.