G.R. NO. 153875 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ROLANDO DAGANI Y REYES AND OTELLO SANTIANO Y LEONIDA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, finding both accused Otello Santiano y Leonida and Rolando Dagani y Reyes guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder defined and punished under Art. 248, RPC, with the presence of the mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender and granting them the benefit of [the] Indeterminate Sentence Law, both accused are hereby sentenced to each suffer an Indeterminate prison term of TEN (10) YEARS and ONE (1) DAY of prision mayor as minimum, to EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS and ONE (1) DAY of reclusion temporal x x x. Both accused are hereby ordered to indemnify the heirs of the victim the sum of P50,000.00 as death indemnity, the sum of P31,845.00 as funeral and burial expenses, the sum of P30,000.00 as and for [sic] attorney's fees and the further sum of P1,000.00 per appearance of counsel. Both accused shall be credited with the full extent of their preventive imprisonment. Both accused are hereby committed to the Director, National Penitentiary, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila for service of Sentence. SO ORDERED.