SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 236546. February 24, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTANISLAO MEDORANDAyGAYONDATU, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated24 February 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 236546 (People of the Philippines v. Estanislao Medoranda y Gayondatu). — The Court resolves to: (a) NOTE and ACCEPT the compliance dated January 28, 2020 by the Office of the Solicitor General with the show cause Resolution dated October 1, 2019, with attached manifestation (in lieu of supplemental brief); (b) NOTE aforesaid manifestation (in lieu of supplemental brief) dated January 28, 2020, dispensing with the filing of supplemental brief, since the appellee's brief filed before the Court of Appeals (CA) had sufficiently ventilated appellee's legal position for purposes of this appeal; and (c) NOTE and ACCEPT the compliance dated January 21, 2020 by counsel for accused-appellant Estanislao Medoranda y Gayondatu (accused-appellant) with the show cause Resolution dated October 1, 2019, and NOTE counsel's manifestation in lieu of supplemental brief (incorporated in the aforesaid compliance), adopting all the defenses and arguments raised in the appellant's brief filed before the CA. HTcADC
After a judicious study of the case, the Court further resolves to DISMISS the appeal 1 for failure to sufficiently show that the CA committed any reversible error in the assailed Decision as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction. However, in light of prevailing jurisprudence, 2 the Court deems it proper to include the payment of legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on all monetary awards from the date of finality of this Resolution until full payment.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law of in the August 17, 2017 Decision 3 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 08495 and AFFIRMS WITH MODIFICATION said Decision finding accused-appellant GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code. Accordingly, he is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of Edwin Tabil y Timple the following amounts: (a) P75,000.00 as civil indemnity; (b) P75,000.00 as moral damages; (c) P75,000.00 as exemplary damages; (d) P64,650.00 as actual damages; and (e) costs of suit. Moreover, all monetary awards shall earn an interest at the legal rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this Resolution until full payment.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. See Notice of Appeal dated September 5, 2017; rollo, pp. 21-23.
2.People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806, 848 (2016).
3.Rollo, pp. 2-20. Penned by then Presiding Justices Romeo F. Barza with Associate Justices Myra V. Garcia Fernandez and Renato C. Francisco, concurring.