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PEOPLE v. ROMEO SATONERO

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	GR No. 185212 2012-02-15	PEOPLE v. MARITESS ALOLOD ABAD, J.
Consistent with recent jurisprudence the Court is awarding P75,000.00 as civil indemnity,[5] P25,000.00 as temperate damages,[6] another P75,000.00 as moral damages,[7] and P30,000.00 as exemplary damages,[8] for a total of P205,000.00 in each case. But these amounts should only apply to Efren and not to the rest of the accused who withdrew their appeals.[9] Here, the RTC ordered Maritess, Edwin and Elmer to pay only P50,000.00 as civil indemnity in each case or a total of P100,000.00.
	GR No. 158362 2011-04-04	PEOPLE v. GILBERTO VILLARICO BERSAMIN, J.
Consistent with prevailing jurisprudence, we grant to the heirs of Haide P75,000.00 as death indemnity;[59] P75,000.00 as moral damages;[60] and P30,000.00 as exemplary damages.[61] As clarified in People v. Arbalate,[62] damages in such amounts are to be granted whenever the accused are adjudged guilty of a crime covered by Republic Act No. 7659, like the murder charged and proved herein. Indeed, the Court, observing in People v. Sarcia,[63] citing People v. Salome[64] and People v. Quiachon,[65] that the "principal consideration for the award of damages xxx is the penalty provided by law or imposable for the offense because of its heinousness, not the public penalty actually imposed on the offender," announced that:
	GR No. 192581 2010-11-17	PEOPLE v. DENNIS D. MANULIT VELASCO JR., J.
With respect to the award of damages, in line with our ruling in People v. Satonero,[51] when the imposable penalty is death but cannot be imposed because of Republic Act No. 9346 or An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines, and, instead, the penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua, the following amounts are to be imposed: PhP 75,000 as civil indemnity, PhP 75,000 as moral damages, and PhP 30,000 as exemplary damages. And interest at the rate of six percent (6%) should likewise be added.[52]
	GR No. 188124 2010-06-29	PEOPLE v. JONEL FALABRICA SERENAS PEREZ, J.
As to appellant's pecuniary liability, we find it proper to increase the award of civil indemnity and moral damages to P75,000.00[37] each. The trial court's grant of P23,000.00 as actual damages is increased to P25,000.00, but as temperate damages in line with the ruling in People v. Villanueva.[38] We uphold the grant of P20,000.00 as attorney's fees, with the victim's mother having hired a private prosecutor to prosecute the case.[39] We increase the award of exemplary damages to P30,000.00 in line with recent jurisprudence.[40]
	GR No. 185840 2010-06-29	PEOPLE v. PEDRO BASADA Y DEL MONTE ABAD, J.
For his crime, Reynaldo should suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal.[9] As regards his civil liability, he should pay his victim's heirs P50,000.00 as death indemnity,[10] another P50,000.00 as moral damages because of the physical suffering and mental anguish that the crime brought about,[11] P25,000.00 as temperate damages, and P840,000.00 as indemnity for the victim's loss of earning capacity.
	GR No. 172896 2010-04-19	ROÑO SEGURITAN Y JARA v. PEOPLE DEL CASTILLO, J.
As regards the amount of damages, civil indemnity must also be awarded to the heirs of Lucrecio without need of proof other than the fact that a crime was committed resulting in the death of the victim and that petitioner was responsible therefor.[25] Accordingly, we award the sum of P50,000.00 in line with current jurisprudence.[26]