FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 227308. March 4, 2019.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs.MARIO ALVAREZ y HERMONES @ MAYMAY, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated March 4, 2019 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 227308 — (People of the Philippines v. Mario Alvarez y Hermones @ Maymay)
Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the appellant's and appellee's briefs, which the parties adopted instead of filing their respective supplementary briefs, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the appellant to show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in its August 24, 2015 Decision, 1 as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated August 24, 2015 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06485 are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS. Appellant Mario Alvarez y Hermones @ Maymay is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of murder and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole. In line with prevailing jurisprudence, appellant is ordered to pay the heirs of Wilfredo Flora y Tilos the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, P75,000.00 as exemplary damages, and P37,000.00 in actual damages, all with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of judgment until full payment.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LIBRADA C. BUENADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 2-14; penned by Associate Justice Victoria Isabel A. Paredes, with Associate Justices Magdangal M. De Leon and Elihu A. Ybañez, concurring.