G.R. No. 133001 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPINES, VS. EMERSON TAN Y BEYAOU (BOY TAN), ANTONIO BUCE Y MARQUEZ AND RUBEN BURGOS Y CRUZ, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, finding each of herein three (3) accused guilty as charged in the information beyond reasonable doubt as principal, there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstance found attending the commission of the offense so charged, each is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and a fine of P500,000.00 as so provided in Republic Act No. 7659, Sec. 14 thereof, amending section 15, Article III of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, and to pay the costs of the proceedings. In the service of their sentence, each accused, being a detention prisoner, shall be credited with the full time during which he has undergone preventive imprisonment, pursuant to Art. 29 of the Revised Penal Code. The subject methamphetamine Hydrochloride, otherwise known as "shabu," marked in evidence as Exhibit "J-5," is hereby ordered confiscated and forfeited in favor of the Government to be turned over to the Dangerous Drugs Board immediately for destruction without delay, after photographic pictures thereof are taken and attached to the record of this case. SO ORDERED.