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1 The Petition was originally captioned as "Rodel Luz y Ong v. Hon. Court of Appeals, Hon.
Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 21, Naga City." However, under Section 4, Rule
45 of the Rules of Court, the petition must state the full name of the appealing party as the
petitioner and the adverse party as respondent, without impleading the lower courts or judges
thereof either as petitioners or respondents.
2 Penned by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario and concurred in by Associate Justices Hakim
S. Abdulwahid and Samuel H. Gaerlan.
3 Rollo, p. 91.
4 Docketed as Criminal Case No. RTC 2003-0087; rollo, pp. 90-102.
5 See Section 11, Republic Act No. (R.A.) 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002.
6 Rollo, p. 101.
7 Rollo, p. 23.
8 Id. at 96.
9 People v. Saludes, 452 Phil. 719, 728 (2003).
10 Rules of Court, Rule 113, Sec. 1.
11 People v. Milado, 462 Phil. 411 (2003).
12 PNPM-DO-DS-3-1 dated March 2010.
13 468 U.S. 420 (1984).
14 Morales v. Enrile, 206 Phil. 466 (1983).
15 People v. Bolasa, 378 Phil. 1073, 1078-1079 (1999).
16 See People v. Macalaba, 443 Phil. 565 (2003).
17 Caballes v. Court of Appeals, 424 Phil. 263 (2002).
18 RTC Decision, rollo, p. 91.
19 Caballes v. Court of Appeals, 424 Phil. 263 (2002).
20 People v. Sy Chua, 444 Phil. 757 (2003).
21 525 U.S. 113 (1998).
22 People v. Lapitaje, 445 Phil. 729 (2003).
23 1987 CONST., Art. III, Sec. 2.
24 Valdez v. People, G.R. No. 170180, 23 November 2007, 538 SCRA 611.
25 People v. Martinez, G.R. No. 191366, 13 December 2010.
26 Id.