G.R. No. 229100 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ROMEO AGONCILLO Y VISTO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, this Court renders judgment as follows: (1) Criminal Case No. U-13564 The accused ROMEO AGONCILLO is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of statutory rape. Accordingly, he is sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua; (2) Criminal Case No. U-13565 The accused ROMEO AGONCILLO is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of statutory rape. He shall suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua; (3) Criminal Case No. U-13566 The accused ROMEO AGONCILLO is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of statutory rape. Likewise, he is sentenced to serve the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua; (4) Criminal Case No. U-13567 The case against accused ROMEO AGONCILLO is DISMISSED for failure of the prosecution witness to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. (5) Criminal Case No. U-13569 The accused ROMEO AGONCILLO is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Acts of Lasciviousness. He shall suffer the penalty of fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day to seventeen (17) years and four (4) months of reclusion temporal . In Criminal Case Nos. U-13564, U-13565 and U-13566, the accused shall pay civil indemnity to the offended party AAA Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php50,000.00) for each count of statutory rape or a total of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php150,000.00) and moral damages of the same amount. In Criminal Case No. U-13569, the accused shall pay her Thirty Thousand Pesos (Php30,000.00) for one count of acts of lasciviousness by way of moral damages. Accused shall be committed to the Bureau of Corrections, Muntinlupa City, without unnecessary delay. No costs. SO ORDERED.