August 2011 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
[G.R. No. 196147 : August 22, 2011]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. RODEL CASTILLO Y COLLADO
G.R. No. 196147 (People of the Philippines vs. Rodel Castillo y Collado). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on April 6, 2011, pursuant to the Court of Appeals Resolution dated November 11, 2010 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by accused-appellant Rodel Castillo y Collado.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated June 1, 2011, both the accused-appellant and the Office of the Solicitor General filed their respective Manifestations and waiver stating that they are no longer filing their Supplemental Briefs with this Court; and that they are adopting all the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in their respective briefs filed before the Court of Appeals.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the appellant to sufficiently show reversible error in the challenged decision to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction. Thus, the CA decision is affirmed except with respect to the awards of moral and exemplary damages, the amount of which should be P50,000.00 and P30,000.00, respectively.[1]
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the Decision dated August 24, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01963, finding accused-appellant Rodel Castillo y Collado guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity and Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages, Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) as exemplary damages and Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) as temperate damages.
SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) LUCITA ABJELINA-SORIANO
Division Clerk of Court
Endnotes:
[1] People vs. Esquibel, G.R. No. 192465, June 8, 2011.