G.R. No. 137035 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. GALING ESMANA AND DAGA GINANG, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, upon all the foregoing considerations, the Court finds the accused, Galing Esmana and Daga Ginang, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER. Accordingly, the Court hereby sentences each of the accused to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua: to indemnify, jointly and severally, the heirs of the deceased victim, Adelino Lastimoso: a) the amount of P50,000.00, as statutory indemnity to death; b) the total amount of P20,000.00, as actual damages, incurred as a result of the emergency treatment of the deceased victim at the Cotabato Regional Hospital, Cotabato City, as well as, for the death, wake and burial of the said deceased victim; c) the amount of P30,000.00, as moral damages, plus P20,000.00, by way of exemplary damages; and to pay the costs. "IT IS SO ORDERED.