G.R. No. 119956 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. CRESENTE NAPIOT, ACCUSED-. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, finding the guilt of the accused to have been proven beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution, the Court finds the accused CRESENTE NAPIOT GUILTY of the crime of Rape and hereby sentences the said accused CRESENTE NAPIOT to suffer an imprisonment of RECLUSION PERPETUA, Article 335, par. 2 of the Revised Penal Code, considering the crime was committed before lifting the effectivity of the death penalty which have been suspended for sometime; and to indemnify the victim in the sum of P40,000.00. SO ORDERED.