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PEOPLE Vs. Tom Chanas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOM CHANAS y PITAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 90802 | 1992-08-04

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment 1 of the court a quo finding the accused TOM CHANAS y PITAN guilty of Highway Robbery with Homicide defined and penalized under P.D. 532 and imposing upon him a prison term of reclusion perpetua. He is also directed "to indemnify the heirs of deceased Edwin Sarol the sum of . . . P60,000.00 . . . for his death; . . . victim Marina Benos the sum of . . . P20,000.00 as actual damages, and . . . P20,000.00 . . . for her injuries; . . . victim Alfonso Malicdan the sum of . . . P20,000.00 . . . as moral damages for his injuries; all without subsidiary imprisonment in case of...