THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 243026. July 17, 2019.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.KENNETH GARY MERCADO y OUANO, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedJuly 17, 2019, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 243026 (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee v. KENNETH GARY MERCADO y OUANO, accused-appellant). — The Court of Appeals elevated 1 to this Court the records of this case pursuant to its May 23, 2018 Resolution, 2 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal 3 filed by accused-appellant Kenneth Gary Mercado y Ouano.
In its January 7, 2019 Resolution, 4 this Court noted the records of this case forwarded by the Court of Appeals and required the parties to file their respective supplemental briefs.
Plaintiff-appellee People of the Philippines, through the Office of the Solicitor General, 5 and accused-appellant 6 filed their Manifestations, stating that they would no longer file supplemental briefs and instead adopt their Briefs before the Court of Appeals. HTcADC
After an evaluation of the records of this case, this Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal of accused-appellant for his failure to sufficiently show any reversible error in the assailed Court of Appeals Decision, 7 warranting the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court of Appeals' March 13, 2018 Decision is AFFIRMED. Accused-appellant Kenneth Gary Mercado y Ouano is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of parricide, as punished under Article 246 of the Revised Penal Code, and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. He is also DIRECTED to pay the heirs of the victim, Jennifer Mercado, the amounts of: (1) Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as moral damages; (2) Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity; and (3) Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as exemplary damages. 8
All damages awarded shall be subject to interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Resolution until fully paid. 9 CAIHTE
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 1.
2.Id. at 17.
3.Id. at 14-16.
4.Id. at 19-20.
5.Id. at 23-26.
6.Id. at 27-31.
7.Id. at 2-13. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob, and concurred in by Associate Justices Celia C. Librea-Leagogo and Samuel H. Gaerlan of the Eighth Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
8.People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806 (2016) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
9.Nacar v. Gallery Frames, 716 Phil. 267 (2013) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].