G.R. No. 139971 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND, VS. RAMON TROPA Y TORREFIEL, RICKY ALIAS “ABEL” TROPA Y TORREFIEL, AND MARLON TROPA Y TORREFIEL, ACCUSED. RAMON TROPA Y TORREFIEL, RICKY ALIAS “ABEL” TROPA Y TORREFIEL, ACCUSED-. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused RAMON TROPA y TORREFIEL and RICKY TROPA y TORREFIEL alias ABEL, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER and hereby imposes upon each one of them the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA. Further, the Court hereby orders the aforenamed two accused to jointly and severally pay to the legal heirs of the victim DOROTEO TROPA y FLORES, the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity for the latters death. Furthermore, the Court hereby orders that the said two accused be credited in the service of their sentence with the full time during which they have undergone preventive imprisonment. Finally, the accused MARLON TROPA y TORREFIEL is hereby ACQUITTED, as his guilt was not established beyond reasonable doubt. With COSTS against the accused Ramon Tropa y Torrefiel and Ricky Tropa y Torrefiel. SO ORDERED.