Drug case; conspiracy - G.R. No. 176229

G.R. No. 176229

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“Conspiracy is [the] common design to commit a felony.”[38] “[C]onspiracy which determines criminal culpability need not entail a close personal association or at least an acquaintance between or among the participants to a crime.”[39] “It need not be shown that the parties actually came together and agreed in express terms to enter into and pursue a common design.”[40] “The assent of the minds may be and, from the secrecy of the crime, usually inferred from proof of facts and circumstances which, taken together, indicate that they are parts of some complete whole” as we ruled inPeople v. Mateo, Jr.[41] Here, it can be deduced from petitioner and his co-accused’s collective conduct, viewed in its totality, that there was a common design, concerted action and concurrence of sentiments in bringing about the crime committed.

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