SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 212568. July 1, 2015.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. CELSO E. KISO a.k.a. "BOYET KISO",accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames:
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 01 July 2015 which reads as follows:
G.R. No. 212568: PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. CELSO E. KISO a.k.a. "BOYET KISO"
After a careful review of the records of the case, the Court finds no reversible error in the assailed decision. The increase in both the civil indemnity and moral damages to P75,000 is proper. However, exemplary damages in the amount of P30,000 should also be added in accordance with prevailing jurisprudence. 1 The damages awarded should earn interest at 6% per annum from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid. 2
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated 2 September 2013 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04446. The Decision finding appellant Celso E. Kiso a.k.a. "Boyet Kiso" guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua without the benefit of parole, and ordering him to pay AAA the amounts of P75,000 as civil indemnity and P75,000 as moral damages, is AFFIRMED with the MODIFICATION that appellant should also pay AAA P30,000 as exemplary damages. Interest at the rate of 6% per annum is imposed on all damages awarded from date of finality of judgment until fully paid.
SO ORDERED. (Brion, J., on leave; Bersamin, J., designated acting member per Special Order No. 2079 dated 29 June 2015)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MA. LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. People v. Crisostomo, G.R. No. 196435, 29 January 2014, 715 SCRA 99; People v. Arpon, 678 Phil. 752 (2011); People v. Alfonso, G.R. No. 182094, 18 August 2010, 628 SCRA 431; People v. Garbida, 639 Phil. 107 (2010).
2. People v. Crisostomo, G.R. No. 196435, 29 January 2014, 715 SCRA 99; People v. Arpon, 678 Phil. 752 (2011).