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COURT OF APPEALS
Cebu City
-versus-
MEMORANDUM OF AUTHORITY
FOR THE APPELLEE
Appellee PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, by counsel, to
this Honorable Court, respectfully submits this Memorandum
of Authority and states:
On the issue of whether the
warrantless
arrest
by
the
Catanduanes Provincial Police
is valid.
Appellants Leo and Lear Buenaventura assail the trial
courts decision convicting them of illegal possession of
Dangerous Drugs. The brothers argues that they should not
have been convicted of Illegal Possession of Dangerous Drugs
because the shabu found inside Leo Buenaventura was a
product of an illegal search, as PO3 Rico Reyes and PO1
Andres Handa were not armed with a search warrant at the
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