G.R. No. 131637 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. RODELIO PERALTA Y CALAMAAN, AND FERDINAND QUIAMBAO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, finding both accused RODELIO PERALTA y CALAMAAN, alias `Mike', alias `Nognog' and FERDINAND QUIAMBAO, alias `Ferding,' GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, qualified by treachery as charged in the Information, and there being no mitigating or any aggravating circumstance, they are both hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; to indemnify the heirs of victim Ramon Mendoza in the amount of Fifty thousand Pesos (P50,000.00); to pay the sum of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) as funeral expenses; and the further sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) by way of moral and exemplary damages, all without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency; and to pay the costs. "In the service of their sentence, both accused shall be credited in full with the period of their preventive imprisonment. "Let a Commitment Order be issued for the transfer of accused RODELIO PERALTA y CALAMAAN, alias `Mike,' alias `Nognog,' and FERDINAND QUIAMBAO, alias `Ferding,' from Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, to the Bureau of Corrections, Muntinlupa City. "SO ORDERED.