4/16/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Thru: The Superintendent CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN 1550 Mandaluyong City G R E E T I N G S: WHEREAS, the Supreme Court on March 11, 2020 promulgated a Decision in the above-entitled case, the dispositive portion of which reads: "WHEREFORE, the July 24, 2018 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CAG.R. CR-H.C. No. 08883 is REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Accused-appellant Samiah S. Abdulah is ACQUITTED for the prosecution's failure tp prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. She is ordered immediately RELEASED from detention unless she is confined for some other lawful cause. Let a copy of this Decision be furnished to the Superintendent of the Correctional Institution for Women for immediate implementation. The Superintendent is directed to report to this Court the action she has taken within five (5) days from receipt of this Decision. Copies shall also be furnished to the Director General of the Philippine National Police and the Director General of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for their information. Let entry of final judgment be issued immediately. SO ORDERED." NOW, THEREFORE, You are hereby ordered to immediately release SAMIAH S. ABDULAH unless there are other lawful causes for which she should be further detained, and to return this Order with the certificate of your proceedings within five (5) days from notice hereof. GIVEN by the Honorable MARVIC MARIO VICTOR F. LEONEN, Chairperson of the Third Division of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, this 11th day of March 2020. Very truly yours, (Sgd.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG III Division Clerk of Court [1] Rollo, pp. 14-17. [2] Id. at 2-13. The Decision dated July 24, 2018 was penned by Associate Justice Zenaida T. Galapate-Laguilles and concurred in by Associate Justices Remedios A. Salazar-Fernando and Jane Aurora C. Lantion of the Second Division, Court of Appeals, Manila. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66117 9/12