G.R. No. 189580 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ALVIN DEL ROSARIO. R E S O L U T I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, accused Alvin del Rosario having been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code as amended by RA 7659, is hereby sentenced to suffer the single and indivisible penalty of Reclusion Perpetua (regardless of [the] presence of any mitigating or aggravating circumstances, Art. 63, R.P.C.) and to indemnify the heirs of deceased Edwin Gelua in the amount of Php17,258.00 as actual and compensatory damages; Php50,000.00 as civil indemnity for his death and another Php50,000.00 as moral damages; and to pay the costs. The period of preventive imprisonment already served by the accused shall be credited in the service of his sentence pursuant to Article 29 of the same Code. SO ORDERED.