March 2011 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
[G.R. No. 194383 : March 28, 2011]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. JOSEPH ROJAS
G.R. No. 194383 (People of the Philippines vs. Joseph Rojas). - The records of this case were elevated to this Court on November 11, 2010, pursuant to the Court of Appeals Resolution dated October 15, 2010 which gave due course to the notice of appeal filed by accused-appellant Joseph Rojas.
In compliance with the Court's Resolution dated December 15, 2010, both the accused-appellant and the Office of the Solicitor General filed their respective manifestations stating that they were no longer filing their Supplemental Briefs with this Court; and that they were adopting all the allegations, issues and arguments adduced in their respective briefs filed before the Court of Appeals (CA).
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.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the Decision dated August 25, 2010 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00433-MIN, finding accused-appellant Joseph Rojas guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of murder and to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each of the three cases, which shall be served simultaneously and to pay the heirs of each of the three (3) victims the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as civil indemnity, Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages, Thirty Thousand (P30,000.00) as exemplary damages and Twenty-Five Thousand (P25,000.00) temperate damages.
SO ORDERED.
Very truly yours,
MA. LUISA L. LAUREA
Clerk of Court
By:
(Sgd.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZON
Asst. Clerk of Court