G.R. No. 127127 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. EUFROCENIO LACESTE, CIPRIANO LACESTE, RIZALINO LACESTE, EDDIE BAUSON, ARTHUR BAUSON, BONIFACIO SORIANO, AND JOHN DOE, ACCUSED,EUFROCENIO LACESTE, ACCUSED-.

Ruling

Accordingly, the trial court rendered judgment, thus: WHEREFORE, finding accused Eufrocenio Laceste guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder defined and punished by Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of death pursuant to Republic Act 7659. In the case of accused Cipriano Laceste, he is hereby acquitted for failure of the prosecution to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Both accused are hereby ordered to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P100,000.00 as actual, moral, compensatory, and other consequential damages. SO ORDERED.