G.R. No. 130613 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ARTEMIO AQUINO A.K.A. ARTEM AND ERNESTO AQUINO A.K.A. ERNING, ACCUSED.ARTEMIO AQUINO A.K.A. ARTEM, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Decision appealed from is AFFIRMED with the MODIFICATION that, instead of convicting accused-appellant of MURDER and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua , the Court declares ARTEMIO AQUINO a.k.a. Artem guilty of HOMICIDE and imposes upon him an indeterminate prison term of eight (8) years two (2) months and ten (10) days of prision mayor medium as minimum to fourteen (14) years ten (10) months and twenty (20) days of reclusion temporal medium as maximum, and orders him to pay the heirs of Ricardo Junio P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, P10,000.00 as nominal damages, and the costs of the suit. The award of P38,700.00 as actual damages is DELETED for lack of sufficient factual basis. SO ORDERED.