G.R. Nos. 130599-600 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JUAN MANGGASIN Y LUCANAS, ACCUSED-. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, all of the foregoing considered, this Court finds JUAN MANGGASIN y LUCANAS guilty of RAPE beyond reasonable doubt for two counts under Criminal Case No. 4730-0 and Criminal Case No. 4731-0, and hereby sentences him as follows: Under Criminal Case No. 4730-0, since the commission of the offense was in March 1995 which is after the effectivity of Republic Act No. 7659 (the Death Penalty Law), and the attendant circumstance of the victim being under eighteen (18) years of age and of the offender being the common-law-spouse of the parent of the victim having been proven, the Court hereby sentences JUAN MANGGASIN Y LUCANAS to suffer the penalty of DEATH. Moreover, the Court hereby orders the said accused to pay the offended party, the private complainant herein, the sum of P50,000.00 as indemnity, the sum of P20,000.00 as exemplary damage, and to pay the DSWD the sum of P20, 000.00 as actual damage. Under Criminal Case No. 4731-0, since the commission of the offense was on September 3, 1991 which is before the effectivity of Republic Act No. 7659, the Court hereby sentences JUAN MANGGASIN Y LUCANAS to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA. Moreover, the Court hereby orders the said accused to pay the offended party, the private complainant herein, the sum of P50,000.00 as indemnity, and the sum of P20,000.00 as exemplary damage. SO ORDERED.