G.R. No. 238754 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. CELIA DELA CRUZ Y BUCALING, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Court rules on the following: 1. For CRIM CASE NO. 2014-15717, the Court finds accused, CELIA DELA CRUZ, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of trafficking in persons under paragraph (a), Section 4 as qualified under paragraph (a), Section 6, of R.A. 9208 and sentences her to suffer [the] penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of [P]2,000,000.00. She is likewise ordered to pay minor private complainant [AAA] [P]200,000.00 as moral damages and [P]100,000.00 as exemplary damages. 2. For CRIM. CASE No. 2014-15718 , the Court finds accused, CELIA DELA CRUZ, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of trafficking in persons under paragraph (a), Section 4 as qualified under paragraph (a), Section 6, of R.A. 9208 and sentences her to suffer [the] penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of [P]2,000,000.00. She is likewise ordered to pay minor private complainant [BBB] [P]200,000.00 as moral damages and [P]100,000.00 as exemplary damages. Accused Celia Dela Cruz shall be credited in full of the preventive imprisonment she already served in confinement. SO ORDERED.