PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. EDWIN CORDOVA Y MANALASTAS, JAYSON TALADUA Y BARBARRA, MARY ANTONETTE DEL ROSARIO Y TAMONDONG, AND JAIME CORDOVA Y MANALASTAS (ACQUITTED), ACCUSED; EDWIN CORDOVA Y MANALASTAS, AND JAYSON TALADUA Y BARBARRA, ACCUSED-.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01905-CR, accused EDWIN CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Five [H]undred [T]housand [P]esos (P500,000.00); 2. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01906-CR, accused EDWIN CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Five [H]undred [T]housand [P]esos (P500,000.00); 3. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01907-CR, accused EDWIN CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby ACQUITTED of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165; 4. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01908-CR, accused EDWIN CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby ACQUITTED of violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165; 5. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01909-CR, accused EDWIN CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment of 12 years and 1 day as minimum to (14) years and eight (8) months as maximum and to pay a fine of Three [H]undred [T]housand [P]esos (P300,000.00); 6. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01910-CR, accused JAYSON TALADUA y BARBARRA is hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment of 12 years and 1 day as minimum to (14) years and eight (8) months as maximum and to pay a fine of Three [H]undred [T]housand [P]esos (P300,000.00); and 7. In Criminal Case No. R-QZN-19-01911-CR, accused JAIME CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby ACQUITTED of violation of Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 The release of accused JAIME CORDOVA y MANALASTAS is hereby ordered, unless, he is being detained for some other lawful cause. The Branch Clerk of Court is directed to immediately turn over to the Chief of PDEA Crime Laboratory, the subject drugs covered by Chemistry Report No. D-180-19, which are confiscated in favor of the government, to be disposed of in strict conformity with the provisions of RA No. 9165 and its implementing rules and regulations on the matter. The One [H]undred [P]eso bills with serial numbers CM250182, PP491244 and SH416167 are confiscated in favor of the government and the Branch Clerk of Court is directed to deposit them to the General Fund. SO ORDERED.