FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 215330. August 10, 2015.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUGENE BACLIG Y CANSERAN, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedAugust 10, 2015 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 215330 (People of the Philippines v. Eugene Baclig y Canseran). —
After a judicious perusal of the records, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in the assailed Decision as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction. However, to conform with recent jurisprudence, 1 the Court deems it proper to increase the amount of moral damages from P50,000.00 to P75,000.00.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the May 29, 2014 Decision 2 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 05983 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding accused-appellant Eugene Baclig y Canseran GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder in violation of Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole, and to pay the heirs of the victim the following amounts: (a) P75,000.00 as civil indemnity; (b) P75,000.00 as moral damages; (c) P30,000.00 as exemplary damages; and (d) P84,404.50 as actual damages. In addition, all monetary awards shall earn legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this Resolution until full payment.
SO ORDERED." cSEDTC
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. People v. Wahiman, G.R. No. 200942, June 16, 2015.
2. Rollo, pp. 2-9. Penned by Associate Justice Danton Q. Bueser with Associate Justices Rebecca De Guia-Salvador and Ramon R. Garcia concurring.