G.R. No. 136252 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JULIO FRANCISCO Y LOPEZ, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Wherefore, all premises considered, the Court resolves that the prosecution has successfully undertaken its burden to prove the guilt of accused Julio Francisco y Lopez beyond reasonable doubt. For having violated Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 7659 with the attendant circumstance that "the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and the offender is a x x x stepfather, x x x or the common-law spouse of the parent of the victim", accused Julio Francisco y Lopez is hereby found GUILTY of the crime of Rape as charged. Absent any circumstance that could mitigate the commission thereof, he is hereby sentenced to suffer the Supreme Penalty of Death by lethal injection. In line with established jurisprudence, the said accused is also ordered to indemnify the offended party Marilyn Perez in the sum of P50,000.00 for moral damages. With costs against the accused. SO ORDERED.