G.R. No. 234780 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. MARIO PANIS, LARRY CILINO FLORES, AURELIO SANTIAGO AND JERRY MAGDAY GALINGANA, ACCUSED.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing discussions, accused Larry Flores is acquitted based on reasonable doubt, while accused AURELIO SANTIAGO is found GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT of the felony of MURDER as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and sentenced to suffer the indivisible penalty of Reclusion Perpetua. And accused Aurelio Santiago is ORDERED to pay the heirs of the deceased victim Artemio Garcia, Sr. the amount of: 1. Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) for temperate damages; 2. Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity; 3. Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) for exemplary damages; 4. Fifty Thousand pesos for moral damages (P50,000.00) (as stated in People v. Gunda, GR. No. 195525 dated February 5, 2014 citing People v. Dela Cruz, G.R. No. 188353, February 16, 2010, 612 SCRA 738, 747). x x x x x x x Let an alias warrant of arrest be issued for accused Gerry Galingana who remains at large and let this case be archived as to him and to be revived as soon thereafter his apprehension. SO ORDERED.