Rule 130 Section 33- Confessions G.R. No.

98060 January 27, 1997 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SATURNINA SALAZAR y PALANAS, accused-appellant.
Facts: In a buy-bust operation, the accused Salazar sold and delivered to a NARCOM Agent posing as a buyer, marijuana sticks and leaves. Found in Salazars possession was the 5.00 marked bill and marijuana. Salazar was then arrested and pleaded not guilty for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act during arraignment. Salazar was convicted of the crime charged. Issue: WON Salazar is guilty? Held: Yes, Salazar is guilty of the crime charged because she was positively identified by the NARCOM Agents as the person who sold and delivered the marijuana to them during a buy-bust operation. Apart from the positive identification of the NARCOM Agents, Salazar by her own confession admitted the commission of the crime. Her contention that a mother-of-five like her would not resort to selling illegal drugs in such a small amount as the marijuana involved in this case, is belied by her own admission that when she committed the crime, she was still on probation for having been caught in occasion selling marijuana in 1986. Salazars confession appears in the stenographic notes dated Nov. 9, 1990.