G.R. No. 137497 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. CHARLES JOY FLORES ALIAS “POK-POK”.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds, and so holds, the accused CHARLES JOY FLORES alias POK-POK, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of DEATH. The accused is further ordered to indemnify the heirs of the deceased offended party in the amount of P50,000.00, and the amount of P16,500.00, representing actual damages; and to pay the costs of this suit. No moral damages are awarded as the same is subsumed in the civil indemnity for death (People vs. Daen, G.R. No. 112015, 26 May 1995). SO ORDERED.