G.R. No. 233463 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXX, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. In Crim. Case No. P-4356, finding the accused XXX, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape defined and penalized under Article 266-A and Art. 266-B of the Revised Penal Code and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua ; and 2. In Crim. Case No. P-4357, finding the accused XXX, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape defined and penalized under Article 266-A and Art. 266-B of the Revised Penal Code and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua. He is also directed to pay the victim in each case the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) as moral damages and Twenty-five thousand pesos (P25,000.00) as exemplary damages. The accused is credited in full for the period of his preventive imprisonment if he agreed voluntarily in writing to abide by the same disciplinary rules imposed upon convicted prisoners, otherwise, with four-fifths only. SO ORDERED.