G.R. No. 127122 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JOVITO LOSANO Y NACIS ACCUSED-. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused, JOVITO LOSANO y NACIS, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE defined and penalized under Republic Act No. 7659, the offense having been committed with the attendant aggravating circumstances of "when the woman is under twelve years old" and "when the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and the offender is a parent", (sic) hereby sentences him to suffer the supreme penalty of DEATH to be executed pursuant to Rep. Act No. 8177 known as the Lethal Injection Law, to pay the complainant, ROWENA LOSANO in the amount of P50,000.00 as damages, and to pay the costs. And the word of the law, it is said: "Dura lex, sed lex", interpreted as: "The law is harsh (sic) but that (sic) is the law." SO ORDERED.