Criminal Law; Amount for monetary award of damage for special complex crime
Facts:
Accused-appellant Rediolan Lazona y Tarlac failed to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed reversible error in upholding his conviction for the crime of Robbery with Homicide.
Issue:
What is the monetary award for damages that should be issued?
Ruling:
Following People v Jugueta (783 Phil 806 [2016]) and A.M. No. 15-08-02-SC (Guidelines for the Proper Use of the Phrase ‘WIthout Eligibility for Parole” in Indivisible Penalties), the Supreme Court ruled that the monetary award of damages should be:
- P100,000 as civil indemnity,
- P100,000 as moral damages, and
- P100,000 as exemplary damages.
Lastly, interest at the rate of 6% per annum is imposed on the damages awarded reckoned from the date of finality of the judgment until fully paid.
People v Jugueta
- For Special Complex Crimes like:
- Robbery with Homicide,
- Robbery with Rape,
- Robbery with Intentional Mutilation,
- Robbery with Arson,
- Rape with Homicide,
- Kidnapping with Murder,
- Carnapping with Homicide,
- Carnapping with Rape,
- HIghway Robbery with Homicide,
- QUalified Piracy,
- Arson with Homicide,
- Hazing with Death, Rape, Sodomy or Murder, and
- other crimes with death, injuries, and sexual abuse as the composite crimes, where the penalt consists of indivisible penalties:
where the penalty imposed is Death but reduced to reclusion perpetua because of RA 9346:
- Civil indemnity – P100,000
- Moral damages – P100,000
- Exemplary damages – P100,000
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