G.R. No. 257497 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXX,[1] ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , premises well considered, judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused [XXX], guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the lesser crime of Attempted Rape in Criminal Case No. 2008-04-193. He is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of four (4) years, two (2) months, and one (1) day of prision correccional maximum as minimum to eight (8) years and one (1) day of prision mayor medium as maximum and to pay the private offended party [PHP] 25,000 as civil indemnity, [PHP] 25,000 as moral damages, and [PHP] 25,000 as exemplary damages, with all such amounts to earn interest of 6% per annum from the finality of this decision until full payment. Judgment is likewise rendered finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Rape with the use of a deadly weapon in Criminal Case No. 2008-04-194. He is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua and to pay the private offended party [PHP] 75,000 as civil indemnity, [PHP] 75,000 as moral damages, and [PHP] 75,000 as exemplary damages with all such amounts to earn interest of 6% per annum from the finality of this decision until full payment. In the service of his sentence, accused shall be credited in full of the time of his preventive imprisonment, if he agreed voluntarily to abide by the rules imposed upon convicted prisoners. Furnish copies of this Decision to parties and counsels. SO ORDERED.