G.R. No. 125994 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. BENJAMIN ANDALES, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused BENJAMIN ANDALES, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA together with all the accessory penalties provided therefor and to pay one-half of the costs hereof. Said accused is further ordered by way of civil liability to pay the legal heirs of the late Edgar Ibarondo represented by his widow Ameriña Ibarondo, the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ( P 50,000.00) as death indemnity. The case as to the other accused MAURO ANDALES will remain archived but to be revived upon his apprehension. Let the necessary alias warrant of arrest be issued against said accused to be served by the Office of the Director General of the Philippine National Police, Recaredo Sarmiento II. SO ORDERED.