G.R. No. 247824 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ORLANDO PADILLA AND DANILO PADILLA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused Orlando Padilla and Danilo Padilla alias "PANDAN" GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER and are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA without eligibility of Parole. The accused are further ordered to pay jointly and severally the heirs of Rhandy Padin: death indemnity of Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (Php 75,000.00), Philippine Currency; moral damages of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 100,000.00), Philippine Currency; exemplary damages of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php50,000.00), Philippine Currency plus the cost of suit . The accused are also ordered to pay legal rate of interest at six (6) percent per annum until the above monetary awards are fully paid. The Office of the Provincial Prosecutor is hereby ordered to reinvestigate the extent of the participation of Antonio Villanueva to the death of RHANDY PADIN, taking into consideration the findings of the Court. SO ORDERED.