G.R. No. 239480 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. MARIO ESPERIDION, ALBECIO NADURA, JR., GIDEON SEÑAROSA, ET AL. ACCUSED, GIDEON SEÑAROSA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, judgment is rendered as follows: (a) In Criminal Case No. 4496 Finding the accused MARIO ESPERIDION, ALBECIO NADURA, JR., GIDEON SEÑAROSA and PERCIVAL RELIMBO, all guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER, qualified by treachery and taking into consideration evident premeditation as aggravating circumstance, sentencing them to suffer the supreme penalty of DEATH. The accused are further ordered to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased Phil Feliciano PhP75,000.00 as civil indemnity and PhP75,000.00 as moral damages, plus cost of suit. (b) In Criminal Case No. 4497 Finding the accused MARIO ESPERIDION, ALBECIO NADURA, JR., GIDEON SEÑAROSA and PERCIVAL RELIMBO, all guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Frustrated Murder and taking into consideration evident premeditation as aggravating circumstance but applying the benefits of the Indeterminate Sentence Law, sentencing them to suffer imprisonment of ten (10) years of Prision Mayor as minimum to seventeen (17) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of Reclusion Temporal as maximum, plus cost of suit. SO ORDERED.