G.R. No. 178540 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ALEJANDRO SORILA, JR. Y SUPIDA AND JOSE BALAUSA Y CANTOR.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, Accused ALEJANDRO SORILA JR. y SUPIDA and JOSE BALAUSA y CANTOR are hereby found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery with Homicide and, there being no aggravating circumstance alleged in the Information and no mitigating circumstance, are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the costs. On the civil liability of the two accused, they are ordered to pay the legal heirs of the victim, Restituto Mariquit, Jr., actual damages in the amount of P98,968.00, moral damages in the sum of P50,000.00, civil indemnity for the death of Restituto [Mariquit], Jr. also for P50,000.00 and temperate damages in the amount of P25,000.00; to pay Canscor Construction and Development Incorporation, Nelia Panaga, Clara Bisnar and Evelyn Tario actual damages in the respective sums of P250,000.00, P7,000.00, P26,950.00 and P4,000.00, respectively, all with interest thereon at the legal rate of 6% per annum from this date until fully paid. Accused ANTONIO QUIMNO y SASOTONA is ACQUITTED on [the] ground of reasonable doubt. SO ORDERED.