G.R. No. 124129 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. DOMINGO BRIGILDO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, decision is hereby rendered in Criminal Case No. 4591-0 finding the accused Domingo Brigildo GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of RAPE (as) defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 7659. Finding the victim Marites Belic to have been below eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the rape on March 30, 1994 and finding the offender to be the common-law spouse of Marites mother, this court imposes upon the same Domingo Brigildo the mandatory penalty of DEATH. Further, the accused is directed to indemnify Marites Belic the sum of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) as moral damages, and to pay the costs. "Decision is also hereby rendered in Criminal Case No. 4607-0 finding the accused Domingo Brigildo GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of RAPE (as) defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 7659. Finding the victim Marites Belic to have been below eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the rape in October 1994 and finding the offender to be the common-law spouse of Marites mother, this Court imposes upon the same Domingo Brigildo the mandatory penalty of DEATH. Further, the accused is directed to indemnify Marites Belic the sum of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) as moral damages, and to pay the costs. "Decision is also hereby rendered in Criminal Case No. 4606-0 finding the accused Domingo Brigildo NOT GUILTY for insufficiency of evidence. "As the penalty imposed is DOUBLE DEATH the jail warden of the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail is directed to immediately commit the person of Domingo Brigildo to the National Prisons at Muntinlupa, Metro Manila. "SO ORDERED.