G.R. No. 245516 - MICHAEL JOHN DELA CRUZ Y SODELA, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , judgment is hereby rendered as follows, to wit: In Criminal Case Nos. 1883-V-16 and 1884-V-16, finding ACCUSED MICHAEL JOHN DELA CRUZ Y SODELA GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT for two (2) counts of SEXUAL ABUSE defined and penalized under Section 5(b) of RA 7610 and he is hereby sentenced [to] suffer the penalty of an indeterminate prison term [of] 14 years and 8 months of reclusion temporal as minimum to 20 years of reclusion temporal as maximum. He is further ordered to pay [CCC] [21] [P]50,000.00 as civil indemnity, [P]50,000.00 for moral damages, [P]50,000.00 as exemplary damages. In Criminal Case No/s 1885-V-16 to 1887-V-[16] finding ACCUSED MICHAEL JOHN DELA CRUZ Y SODELA GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT for three (3) counts of CHILD ABUSE defined and penalized under Section 10(a) of RA 7610 and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of four (4) years[,] nine (9) months and eleven (11) days of prision correccional [,] as minimum, to seven (7) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of prision mayor , as the maximum and awarding to [BBB] and [CCC] [P]30,000.00 civil indemnity, [P]30,000.00 for moral damages, [and] [P]30,000.00 for exemplary damages. SO ORDERED.