G.R. No. 133027 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. PAUL TAGANA, RUEL BIBOHAN, AND RODOLFO LINANGA, CONRADO TAGANA (AT-LARGE), ACCUSED.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, this Court finds all the three accused PAUL TAGANA, RODOLFO LINANGA alias Luis Linanga and RUEL BIBUHAN, [21] in conspiracy with one another, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER as principals by direct participation, qualified by treachery which absorbs abuse of superior strength, and applying Article 63 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, and hereby sentences the three accused PAUL TAGANA, RODOLFO LINANGA alias LUIS LINANGA and RUEL BIBOHAN to each suffer an imprisonment of RECLUSION PERPETUA, with the accessory penalty and for all the accused to jointly and severally indemnify the surviving spouse and children the sum of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos; and to pay Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos as moral damages. Promulgation is set on August 29, 1997, at 8:30 oclock in the morning. SO ORDERED.