THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 236451. December 10, 2018.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs.ORIEL DANONG y NAMOC @ "INGEW", respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedDecember 10, 2018, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 236451 (People of the Philippines v. Oriel Danong y Namoc @ "Ingew"). — The Court resolves to NOTE:
(1) the Office of the Solicitor General's Manifestation (in Lieu of Supplemental Brief) dated May 2, 2018 stating that it would no longer file a supplemental brief and adopts its Appellee's Brief of March 23, 2017 filed before the Court of Appeals (CA);
(2) the letter dated May 22, 2018 of CCSupt. Roberto R. Rabo, Superintendent of the New Bilibid Prison, Bureau of Corrections, Muntinlupa City, confirming the confinement therein of accused-appellant since May 16, 2016; and
(3) accused-appellant's Manifestation (in Lieu of Supplemental Brief) dated May 28, 2018 stating that he would no longer file a supplemental brief and would adopt the appellant's brief filed before the CA.
Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the appellant's and the appellee's briefs, which the parties adopted instead of filing their respective supplementary appeal briefs, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure of the appellant to sufficiently show any reversible error in its assailed August 9, 2017 Decision, 1 warranting the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the August 9, 2017 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 08310 are AFFIRMED. Appellant Oriel Danong y Namoc @ "Ingew" is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and is ORDERED to pay private complainant AAA 2 civil indemnity in the amount of P75,000.00; moral damages in the amount of P75,000.00; and exemplary damages in the amount of P75,000.00, with legal interest on all damages awarded at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this resolution until fully paid.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 2-53; penned by Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier with Associate Justices Japar B. Dimaampao and Pedro B. Corales, concurring.
2. The complete names and personal circumstances of the victim's family members or relatives, who may be mentioned in the court's decision or resolution have been replaced with fictitious initials in conformity with Administrative Circular No. 83-2015 (Subject: Protocols and Procedures in the Promulgation, Publication, and Posting on the Websites of Decisions, Final Resolutions, and Final Orders Using Fictitious Names/Personal Circumstances).