G.R. No. 125698 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. FRANCISCO HAPA Y EBASCO, CLARO FERATERO Y ENCINARES, AMADOR ESPAÑO Y OFALSA AND CONRADO ENTERESO Y HAPA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, accused Francisco Hapa y Ebasco, Claro Feratero y Encinares, Amador Españo y Ofalsa and Conrado Entereso y Hapa, are all found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code. Absent any aggravating or mitigating circumstance attendant to the commission of the offense, they are hereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment of RECLUSION PERPETUA, together with all the accessory penalties provided therefor, to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the victim Leoniso Hermo the sum of P50,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay their proportionate share of the costs. "The immediate confinement of the accused in the jail is hereby ordered pursuant to the pertinent provisions of Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 12-94 dated August 16, 1994. "SO ORDERED.