G.R. No. 126050 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. SPO2 ELEAZAR M. MADALI, SPO2 EUSTAQUIO V. ROGERO, AND SPO1 RANDY M. RUBIO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, this Court finds the accused (1) SR. POLICE OFFICER II ELEAZAR M. MADALI, (2) SR. POLICE OFFICER II EUSTAQUIO V. ROGERO and (3) SR. POLICE OFFICER I RANDY M. RUBIO GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder under the Information, dated December 1, 1995, and sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties of the law. These three (3) accused, jointly and severally, are ORDERED to pay the heirs of the deceased Reynaldo M. Abrenica the following sums, namely, (1) P50,000.00 as death indemnity; (2) P124,800.00 for loss of earning capacity of the deceased; (3) P150,000.00 as moral damages; (4) P150,000.00 as exemplary damages; (5) P70,000.00 for attorney's fees and appearance fees; (6) P50,000.00 for expenses of litigation; and (7) P60,000.00 as actual damages, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs. The period of preventive imprisonment the accused had undergone shall be credited in their favor to its full extent pursuant to Article 29 of the Revised Penal Code. SO ORDERED.