THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 230726. February 5, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMADO MAGTAAS, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedFebruary 5, 2020, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 230726 (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee v. AMADO MAGTAAS, accused-appellant). — The Court of Appeals elevated the records of this case to this Court on April 12, 2017 1 pursuant to its October 14, 2016 Resolution, 2 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal 3 filed by accused-appellant Amado Magtaas. HTcADC
In its June 5, 2017 Resolution, 4 this Court noted the records of this case forwarded by the Court of Appeals and required the parties to file their respective supplemental briefs.
In its September 27, 2017 Resolution, 5 this Court noted the Manifestation filed by the Office of the Solicitor General 6 stating that it will no longer file a supplemental brief, and accused-appellant's Supplemental Brief. 7
After an evaluation of the records of this case, this Court resolves to DISMISS the Appeal of accused-appellant for his failure to sufficiently show reversible error in the assailed Court of Appeals' March 17, 2016 Decision 8 warranting the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05688 are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS.
Accused-appellant Amado Magtaas is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of qualified rape, punished under Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, without eligibility for parole, for each count. He is ordered to pay the victim civil indemnity, moral damages, and exemplary damages, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) each, for each count. 9
All damages awarded shall be subject to the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Resolution until its full satisfaction. 10
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 1.
2.Id. at 22.
3.Id. at 19-21.
4.Id. at 24-25.
5.Id. at 45-46.
6.Id. at 27-32.
7.Id. at 35-44.
8.Id. at 2-18. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Edwin D. Sorongon, and concurred in by Associate Justices Ricardo R. Rosario and Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob of the Sixteenth Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
9.People v. Jugueta, G.R. No. 202124, April 5, 2016 [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
10.Nacar v. Gallery Frames, 716 Phil. 267 (2013) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].