THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 211196. February 21, 2018.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs.GAUDENCIO LORILLA y LAVILLA, appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedFebruary 21, 2018, which reads as follows: SDHTEC
"G.R. No. 211196 (People of the Philippines v. Gaudencio Lorilla y Lavilla). — Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the appellant's and the appellee's briefs, which the parties adopted instead of filing their respective supplementary appeal briefs, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in its assailed Decision 1 dated October 4, 2013 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04491 as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings and conclusions of law in the Decision dated October 4, 2013 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04491 and AFFIRMS WITH MODIFICATION said Decision finding appellant Gaudencio Lorilla y Lavilla guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, without eligibility for parole, 2 and is ordered to pay the heirs of Edgar Diego y Padaca the amounts of P105,610.00 as actual damages, P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, and P75,000.00 as exemplary damages, in line with prevailing jurisprudence, 3 and to pay an interest rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this resolution until fully paid. 4
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Penned by Associate Justice Florito S. Macalino, with Associate Justices Sesinando E. Villon and Pedro B. Corales, concurring; rollo, pp. 2-13.
2. R.A. 9346 (An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines).
3.People v. Jugueta, G.R. No. 202124, April 5, 2016.
4.Nacar v. Gallery Frames, et al., 716 Phil. 267, 283 (2013).