People v. Bautista
This is a criminal case involving accused-appellants Bryan Bautista, Rolando Centino, and Crisanto Estorgio, who were found guilty of robbery with homicide. The Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed their conviction, dismissing the appeal for failure to show any reversible error in the decision of the Court of Appeals. However, the Court increased the amounts of indemnity and damages awarded to conform to recent jurisprudence, following the ruling in People v. Jugueta. The new amounts are as follows: P100,000.00 as civil indemnity; P100,000.00 as moral damages; and P100,000.00 as exemplary damages. In addition, interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum is imposed on all the monetary awards for damages to be reckoned from the date of finality of this judgment until fully paid.
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THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 201083. July 19, 2017.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. BRYAN BAUTISTA, ROLANDO CENTINO AND CRISANTO ESTORGIO, accused-appellants.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated July 19, 2017, which reads as follows:
"G.R No. 201083 (People of the Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee vs. Bryan Bautista, Rolando Centino and Crisanto Estorgio, Accused-Appellants). — For review is the Decision 1 dated July 22, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03496, which affirmed the Decision 2 dated January 17, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 218, in Criminal Case No. Q-05-131783 finding accused-appellants Bryan Bautista, Rolando Centino and Crisanto Estorgio guilty of the crime of Robbery with Homicide.
The Court NOTES the Records forwarded by the CA of Manila, pursuant to its Resolution 3 dated June 27, 2012 which gave due course to accused-appellants' notice of appeal and directed the elevation of the records to this Court, the penalty of reclusion perpetua being involved in this case.
After a perusal of the records of the case, this Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the accused-appellants to sufficiently show any reversible error in the assailed CA decision.
Nonetheless, the damages awarded by the lower courts should be modified to conform to recent jurisprudence. Following the new jurisprudential ruling in People v. Jugueta, 4 where the penalty for the crime committed is death which, however, cannot be imposed, We increase the amounts of indemnity and damages to be imposed as follows: P100,000.00 as civil indemnity; P100,000.00 as moral damages; and P100,000.00 as exemplary damages. In addition, interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum is imposed on all the monetary awards for damages to be reckoned from the date of finality of this judgment until fully paid.
WHEREFORE, the instant appeal is DISMISSED. The Decision dated July 22, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03496 which found accused-appellants Bryan Bautista, Rolando Centino and Crisanto Estorgio GUILTY in the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 218 in Criminal Case No. Q-05-131783 for the crime of Robbery with Homicide, is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS that: (a) the award of civil indemnity and moral damages are increased to P100,000.00; (b) exemplary damages is awarded at P100,000.00; and (c) interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum is imposed on all damages awarded from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully paid. (Jardeleza, J., no part in view of his prior action in the Office of the Solicitor General; Peralta, J., designated additional Member per Raffle dated July 12, 2017.)
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Penned by Associate Justice Socorro B. Inting, concurred in by Associate Justices Magdangal M. De Leon and Mario V. Lopez; rollo, pp. 2-19.
2. Penned by Judge Hilario L. Laqui; CA rollo, pp. 35-51.
3.Rollo, pp. 25-26.
4.People v. Jugueta, G.R. No. 202124, April 5, 2016.
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