G.R. No. 260233 and G.R. No. 266039 - JEFFREY GRAMATICA Y LAURISTA, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is hereby adjudged: 1. In Criminal Case No. 15-CR-10794, there being reasonable doubt that accused committed the crime charged, accused JEFFREY LAURISTA GRAMATICA is hereby ACQUITTED of Violation of [Section 5 of] Republic Act No. 9165. 2. In Criminal Case No. 15-CR-10797, there being proof beyond reasonable doubt that accused committed Lascivious Conduct under Section 5(b) of R.A. No. 7610, JEFFREY LAURISTA GRAMATICA is hereby found GUILTY thereof. There being no mitigating or aggravating circumstance attendant in the commission of the crime, he is hereby imposed ( sic ) the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of eight (8) years and one (1) day of [p]rision [m]ayor medium as minimum to seventeen (17) years and four (4) months of reclusion temporal in its medium period as maximum. He is likewise directed to pay the fine of [PHP] 15,000.00 pursuant to Section 31(f) of R.A. No. 7610. He is further directed to indemnify private complainant [BBB] the following amounts as damages: the amount of [PHP] 30,000.00 as moral damages; civil indemnity of [PHP] 20,000.00; and exemplary damages in the amount of [PHP] 15,000.00, all amounts subject to an interest of 6% per annum reckoned from the finality of this Decision until fully paid. 3. In Criminal Case No. 15-CR-10798, there being proof beyond reasonable doubt that accused violated Section 10(a) of R.A. No. 7610, JEFFREY LAURISTA GRAMATICA is hereby found GUILTY thereof. He is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of four (4) years, two (2) months and one (1) day of prision correccional , as minimum to six (6) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of prision mayor , as maximum. He is also directed to pay moral damages to [AAA] in the amount of [PHP] 20,000.00. 4. In Criminal Case No. 15-CR-10799, there being reasonable doubt that accused committed the crime charged, accused JEFFREY LAURISTA GRAMATICA is hereby ACQUITTED of Violation of Section 10(a) of Republic Act No. 7610. The period of preventive imprisonment of the accused is credited to his period of imprisonment. SO ORDERED.