PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ERASTO ACOSTA, SR. ALIAS “ATTO”, CARLO ACOSTA, RICHARD ACOSTA, ALIAS “IMBO”, SIGFREDO ACOSTA ALIAS “SIG” (AT LARGE), ARNOLD ACOSTA ALIAS “ANNOD”, AVELINO ACOSTA ALIAS “AVEL”, ROSENDO TARA ALIAS “GANI” AKA “DOYOG”, AMBONG NARTE (AT LARGE) AND ERNESTO SALAZAR ALIAS “ERNI

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WHEREFORE, JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION beyond reasonable doubt is hereby rendered against ERASTO ACOSTA, SR., ARNOLD ACOSTA, CARLO ACOSTA, AVELINO ACOSTA, RICHARD ACOSTA and ROSENDO TARA of the crime of aggravated MURDER as charged in the Information and the Court hereby sentences ERASTO ACOSTA, SR., ARNOLD ACOSTA, CARLO ACOSTA, AVELINO ACOSTA, RICHARD ACOSTA and ROSENDO TARA to suffer the penalty of DEATH to be implemented in the manner as provided for by law; to indemnify the heirs of Nestor Adajar, jointly and solidarily, the sum of P74,000.00 as actual damages; the further sum of P75,000.00 as moral damages and another sum of P20,000.00 as exemplary damages and all accessory penalties of the law. Sigfredo Acosta and Amboy Narte are still at-large. The Branch Clerk of Court is hereby ordered to prepare the mittimus after fifteen days from date of promulgation. The Warden, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Urdaneta District Jail, Urdaneta City, is hereby ordered to deliver the persons of ERASTO ACOSTA, SR., ARNOLD ACOSTA, CARLO ACOSTA, AVELINO ACOSTA, RICHARD ACOSTA and ROSENDO TARA to the National Bilibid Prisons, Muntinlupa City after fifteen (15) days from receipt of this Decision. SO ORDERED.