G.R. No. 232624 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. RENATO CARIÑO Y GOCONG AND ALVIN AQUINO Y RAGAM*, ACCUSED-.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in Criminal Case No. Q-02-111947, judgment is hereby rendered finding [the accused-appellants] guilty beyond reasonable doubt of robbery with homicide, and imposing on said accused the penalty of reclusion perpetua. The Court likewise adjudges [the accused-appellants] jointly and severally liable to pay the heirs of the victim Mirko Moller, [21] represented by Anthony Q. Paguio, the following amounts: 1. P75,000.00 as civil indemnity ex delicto. 2. P75,000.00 as moral damages. 3. P30,000.00 as exemplary damages. 4. 75,000.00 as temperate damages. 5. The costs of suit. In Criminal Case No. Q-02-111948, judgment is also rendered finding [the accused-appellants] guilty beyond reasonable doubt of carnapping, in violation of [R.A.] No. 6539, and imposing on said accused the penalty of life imprisonment. The accused shall be fully credited with their respective periods of preventive detention, pursuant to Article 29 of the [RPC]. They shall henceforth be committed to the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa City to commence the service of their sentence. SO ORDERED.