People v. Baylon y Miravelles
This is a criminal case, People of the Philippines v. Arnel Baylon y Miravelles @ "Bakos", decided by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on September 7, 2020. The accused-appellant was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape with homicide and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility of parole. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal for failure to show any reversible error committed by the Court of Appeals. The accused-appellant was also ordered to pay the heirs of the victim civil indemnity, moral damages, exemplary damages, and temperate damages, with legal interest. The victim's identity was kept confidential in accordance with the rules on confidentiality of records and court proceedings.
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SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 236452. September 7, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. ARNEL BAYLON y MIRAVELLES @ "BAKOS", accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated07 September 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 236452 (People of the Philippines v. Arnel Baylon y Miravelles @ "Bakos"). — After a judicious study of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal 1 for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in the assailed Decision as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision 2 dated 27 June 2017 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07957 and AFFIRMS the Decision finding Arnel Baylon y Miravelles @ "Bakos" (appellant) GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape with Homicide. Accordingly, appellant is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua3 without eligibility of parole, 4 and to pay the heirs of AAA 5 the amounts: (a) P100,000.00 as civil indemnity; (b) P100,000.00 as moral damages; (c) P100,000.00 as exemplary damages; and (d) P50,000.00 as temperate damages. Moreover, all monetary awards shall earn an interest at the legal rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this Resolution until full payment. ATICcS
SO ORDERED."(Inting, J., on official leave; Baltazar-Padilla, J., on leave.)
By authority of the Court:
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. See Notice of Appeal dated 18 July 2017; rollo, pp. 21-23.
2. Penned by Associate Justice Rodil V. Zalameda (now a Member of this Court), with Associate Justices Sesinando E. Villon and Ma. Luisa Quijano-Padilla, concurring; id. at 2-20.
3.See Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9346, entitled "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES," approved on June 24, 2006.
4. See Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9346. See also A.M. No. 15-08-02-SC entitled "GUIDELINES FOR THE PROPER USE OF THE PHRASE WITHOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE IN INDIVISIBLE PENALTIES," approved on August 4, 2015.
5. In accordance with Amended Administrative Circular No. 83-2015, the identities of the parties, records, and court proceedings are kept confidential by replacing their names and other personal circumstances with fictitious initials, and by blotting out the specific geographical location that may disclose the identities of the victims.
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