The High Court, in a 13-page resolution penned by Justice Jose Melo, said the P6.2-million indemnity it imposed in its January 1999 decision was "excessive." The amount is now lowered to P3.9 million for each of the convicts.
But the tribunal said the life terms which former Pasig Regional Trial Court Judge Harriet Demetriou had meted on Sanchez and co-convicts George Medialdea, Zoilo Ama, Baldwin Brion, brothers Luis and Rogelio Corcolon and Pepito Kawit, stay. Delon Porcalla