THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 230069. August 7, 2017.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. ANTONIO MACEDA y ESPINOSA, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated August 7, 2017, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 230069 (People of the Philippines vs. Antonio Maceda y Espinosa). — The Court NOTES:
(1) the Office of the Solicitor General's Manifestation (Re: Supplemental Brief) dated June 16, 2017, stating that it adopts its Appellee's Brief as its supplemental brief and is dispensing with the filing of a supplemental brief to expedite the disposition of the case and to avoid repetition of arguments;
(2) the letter dated June 12, 2017 of P/Supt. I Roberto R. Rabo, Superintendent, New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City, confirming the confinement therein of accused-appellant since August 29, 2015; and
(3) accused-appellant's Manifestation (in Lieu of Supplemental Brief) with Profuse Apology dated July 21, 2017, stating that he would no longer file a supplemental brief as he had already exhaustively discussed the assigned error in the appellant's brief and that he is adopting the said brief. HESIcT
After an exhaustive review of the allegations, issues and arguments presented by the parties, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently prove that the Court of Appeals committed a reversible error in its disputed Decision 1 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07538 dated August 15, 2016, as to warrant the exercise of the Court's discretionary appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court adopts the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Court of Appeals in its Decision dated August 15, 2016 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07538, finding appellant Antonio Maceda y Espinosa, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of Rape, defined and penalized under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, in relation to Republic Act No. 7610, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusionperpetua without eligibility for parole in each case, and ordering him to pay P100,000.00 as civil indemnity, P100,000.00 as moral damages, and P100,000.00 as exemplary damages for each count.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Penned by Associate Justice Normandie B. Pizzaro with Associate Justices Samuel H. Gaerlan and Ma. Luisa C. Quijano-Padilla concurring; rollo, pp. 2-16.