G.R. No. 139211 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. GORGONIO VILLARAMA ALIAS “BABY”.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Wherefore, for all the foregoing consideration, the Court finds the accused Gorgonio Villarama alias Baby guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape, and hereby sentences him, it being proven that the crime of rape was committed under the attendant circumstance of the victim being under eighteen (18) years of age and the accused, the offender being an uncle and therefore relative by consanguinity within the third civil degree, to the penalty of DEATH pursuant to Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Sec. 11, RA 7659. The accused is also penalized to pay the private offended party the sum of P50,000.00 as indemnity. SO ORDERED.