SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 230128. April 8, 2019.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs.JOMER SR. ABAÑO y BUGNOT, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 8 April 2019 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 230128 (People of the Philippines v. Jomer Sr. Abaño y Bugnot)
After a careful review of the records of the case, the Court finds the appeal to be lacking in merit. Both the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 131 and the Court of Appeals found appellant Jomer Sr. Abaño y Bugnot guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. In line with recent jurisprudence, 1 we increase the award of civil indemnity, moral damages, and exemplary damages to P75,000, respectively. We sustain the imposition of interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on all damages awarded from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully paid.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the attached Decision dated 20 July 2016 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07058, finding appellant Jomer Sr. Abaño y Bugnot guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape under Article 266-A, par. 1, in relation to Article 266-B, par. 1, of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 8353, in Criminal Case No. C-80771 and AFFIRMS said Decision with the following MODIFICATIONS: (1) the amount of civil indemnity is increased from P50,000 to P75,000; (2) the amount of moral damages is increased from P50,000 to P75,000; and (3) the amount of exemplary damages is increased from P30,000 to P75,000. Interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum is imposed on all damages awarded from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully paid.
SO ORDERED." (Perlas-Bernabe, J., on leave)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MARIA LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of CourtBy:TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.People of the Philippines v. Jesus Empuesto y Socatre, G.R. No. 218245, 17 January 2018, citing People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806 (2016).