G.R. No. 125533 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JIMMY ALO AND LEONARDO AN, ACCUSED JIMMY ALO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, after a careful perusal of the evidence presented and the law applicable to the instant case, judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused JIMMY ALO, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER, and hereby sentences him, as follows: (1) To suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, the medium period of the penalty RECLUSION TEMPORAL in its maximum period to death; (2) To pay the heirs of Alfredo Cantos the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity for his death; (3) To pay the heirs of Alfredo Cantos, the amount of P63,695.00 as actual damages; (4) To pay the heirs of Alfredo Cantos the amount of P133,264.00 corresponding to his lost earnings computed at P3,602.00 a month, from October 1992 up to November 1995; (5) To pay attorney's fees in the amount of P10,000.00; and (6) To pay the costs of this suit. Pursuant to Article 29, Revised Penal Code, as amended, the accused shall be credited in the service of his sentence with the full time he has undergone preventive imprisonment. The case against the other accused Leonardo An, who is presently at large, is hereby sent to archives subject to revival upon his re-arrest. SO ORDERED.