FIRST DIVISION
G.R. No. 207949, September 09, 2015
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMANDO DIONALDO Y EBRON, RENATO DIONALDO Y EBRON, MARIANO GARIGUEZ, JR. Y RAMOS, AND RODOLFO LARIDO Y EBRON, Accused-Appellants.
R E S O L U T I O N
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
On July 23, 2014, the Court rendered its Resolution1 in this case finding accused-appellants Armando Dionaldo y Ebron, Renato Dionaldo y Ebron (Renato), Mariano Gariguez, Jr. y Ramos, and Rodolfo Larido y Ebron (accused-appellants) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of Kidnapping for Ransom with Homicide, the dispositive portion of which reads:ChanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary
WHEREFORE, the appeal is DISMISSED. The Decision dated February 15, 2013 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02888 is hereby AFFIRMED with the MODIFICATION that all the accused-appellants herein are equally found GUILTY of the special complex crime of Kidnapping for Ransom with Homicide, and are sentenced to each suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, without eligibility for parole, and to pay, jointly and severally, the family of the kidnap victim Edwin Navarro the following amounts: (1) P100,00.00 as civil indemnity; (2) P100,000.00 as moral damages; and (3) P100,000.00 as exemplary damages, all with interest at the rate of six percent (61Yo) per annum from the date of finality of judgment until fully paid.
SO ORDERED.
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- By the death of the convict, as to the personal penalties; and as to pecuniary penalties, liability therefor is extinguished only when the death of the offender occurs before final judgment;
Endnotes:
1Rollo, pp. 59-68.
2 Id. at 69-75.
3 Id. at 76-A.
4 Id. at 77.
5 Id. at 78, including its dorsal portion.
6 G.R. No. 201447, August 28, 2013, 704 SCRA 369.
7 Id. at 375-376, cited in People v. Soria, G.R. No. 17903 L February 24, 2014, 717 SCRA 276.