G.R. No. 232649 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, V. MARIO BULUTANO Y ALVAREZ, ACCUSED-.

Ruling

WHEREFORE , in the light of all the foregoing, the Court finds accused MARIO BULUTANO GUILTY Beyond Reasonable Doubt for the crime of MURDER defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code and is hereby imposed with the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua . In addition, Bulutano is ordered to pay the heirs of the late Wilbert Augusto y Era, the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as civil indemnity, One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) as exemplary damages and One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) as moral damages and Twenty-five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) as temperate damages considering that it was reasonable and understandable that the family incurred expenses for his hospitalization and burial only that the mother failed to present receipts to substantiate her claim. x x x x SO ORDERED.