G.R. Nos. 135667-70[1] - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JESSIE VENTURA COLLADO, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 267, finding accused-appellant JESSIE VENTURA COLLADO guilty of Statutory Rape in G.R. No. 135667 (Crim. Case No. 106257) and three (3) counts of Acts of Lasciviousness in G.R. Nos. 135668 - 70 (Crim. Cases Nos. 106258-106260) is MODIFIED as follows: In G.R. No. 135667 (Crim. Case No. 106257), accused-appellant is found guilty of Acts of Lasciviousness (instead of Statutory Rape) under Art. 336 of The Revised Penal Code , aggravated by obvious ungratefulness. In G.R. Nos. 135668-70 (Crim. Cases Nos. 106258-106260), accused-appellant is likewise found guilty of three (3) counts of Acts of Lasciviousness under the same Art. 336, also aggravated by obvious ungratefulness in each count. Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law , accused-appellant JESSIE VENTURA COLLADO is sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of four (4) months and twenty (20) days of arresto mayor maximum as minimum, to four (4) years six (6) months and ten (10) days of prision correccional maximum as maximum, in each count of Acts of Lasciviousness. Accused-appellant is further directed to pay the private complainant Messeah M. Dumaoal P30,000.00 as civil indemnity, P40,000.00 for moral damages, P20,000.00 for exemplary damages, in each of the four (4) counts of Acts of Lasciviousness, and to pay the costs. SO ORDERED.