VS. LORENZO ASIS Y GONZALES & ROMEO MENDOZA Y SANTOS, ACCUSED-.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, finding both accused Lorenzo Asis y Gonzales and Romeo Mendoza y Santos guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principals by direct participation of (sic) the crime of murder as charged in the information, there being no generic aggravating or mitigating circumstances considered, each of said accused is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of victim-deceased Ernesto Maningas y Sarengo in the amount of P 50,000.00, P 16,000.00 incurred for funeral expenses (Exh. "J") as actual damages, another P 50,000.00 as moral damages and the further amount of P 20,000.00 for and as attorney's fees due to the private prosecution in this case, the latter two (2) amounts subject to the corresponding filing fees as a first lien, and to pay the costs of proceedings. "In the service of their sentence each of the aforenamed accused who have undergone preventive imprisonment as detention prisoners shall be credited with the full time during which they have undergone such preventive imprisonment, pursuant to Art. 29 of the Revised Penal Code. "For lack of sufficient evidence against him, thus creating in the mind reasonable doubt as to his guilt alleged in the information, accused Atanacio Carino y Cruz is hereby acquitted and this case dismissed insofar as he is concerned. Emelita Mendoza who is also named as an accused in the information but has not actually been prosecuted in this case, is considered excluded from the charge. "Let copies of this decision be furnished the prosecution, both public and private, the private complainant, all the accused and their respective counsel, and the Provincial Jail Warden of Bulacan. "SO ORDERED.