G.R. No. 252865 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. YYY,* ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds herein accused YYY GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt, for four (4) counts of statutory rape and judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. For Crim. Cases Nos. 09-1411 , accused YYY is sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA without eligibility for parole and ordered to pay AAA the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs of suit, with legal interest from the date of filing of the information until fully paid. 2. For Crim. Cases Nos. 09-1412 , accused YYY is sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA without eligibility for parole and ordered to pay BBB the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs of suit, with legal interest from the date of filing of the information until fully paid. 3. For Crim. Cases Nos. 09-1413 , accused YYY is hereby ACQUITTED for failure of the prosecution to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt on account of AAA's spontaneous statement that the attack on her only happened ONCE. 4. For Crim. Cases Nos. 09-1414 , accused YYY is sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA without eligibility for parole and ordered to pay BBB the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs of suit, with legal interest from die date of filing of the information until fully paid. 5. For Crim. Cases Nos. 09-1415 , accused YYY is sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA without eligibility for parole and ordered to pay BBB the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs of suit, with legal interest from the date of filing of the information until fully paid. SO ORDERED.