G.R. No. 116098 - GEORGE C. ARCENO, SAMSON C. ARCENO, ZALDY C. ARCENO, ROBERTO P. JINO-O, MARCELINO S. PALMA, JR. AND NOEL A. BANICO, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding Marcelino S. Palma, Jr., George C. Arceno, Samson C. Arceno, Zaldy C. Arceno, Noel A. Banico and Roberto P. Jino-o GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder defined and penalized under Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code, qualified by superior strength. Absent any modifying circumstance attending the commission of the crime, each of the accused is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties provided for by law. They are ordered to pay, jointly and severally, the heirs of Bernardito P. Vencer in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND (P50,000.00) PESOS as indemnity for death; TWENTY THOUSAND (20,000.00) PESOS as actual or compensatory damages, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND (P218,000.00) PESOS by way of loss of earning capacity; and to pay the costs of this action proportionately. Conformably to Supreme Court Circular No. 2-92, dated January 20, 1992, No. 3, 4th paragraph thereof which states that: When an accused is charged with a capital offense or an offense which under the law at the time of its commission and at the time of the application for bail is punishable by reclusion perpetua and is out on bail and after trial is convicted by the trial court of the offense charged, his bond shall be cancelled and the accused shall be placed in confinement pending resolution of his appeal. the property bonds of the accused are hereby cancelled and said accused are thereby ordered confined at the National Bureau of Prisons. Thereafter, the Clerk of Court is directed to return all the documents relative to the property bonds posted by said accuseds bondsmen, upon receipt therefor. SO ORDERED.