THIRD DIVISION
[G.R No. 248427. March 4, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. JACKIELYN NARRIDO y FERRER a.k.a. "CELINE DELOS SANTOS y CRUZ" AND CELSO DE ROSAS y DALAG, defendant-appellants.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated March 4, 2020, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 248427(PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, v. JACKIELYN NARRIDO y FERRER a.k.a. "CELINE DELOS SANTOS y CRUZ" and CELSO DE ROSAS y DALAG, defendant-appellants). — The Court of Appeals elevated the records of this case to this Court on July 30, 2019 1 pursuant to its May 27, 2019 Resolution, 2 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal 3 filed by accused-appellants Jackielyn Narrido y Ferrer a.k.a. "Celine Delos Santos y Cruz" and Celso De Rosas y Dalag.
In its October 2, 2019 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.
On January 15, 2020, accused-appellants filed a Manifestation 5 stating that they would no longer file a supplemental brief and would instead adopt its appellant's brief filed with the Court of Appeals. On the other hand, the Office of the Solicitor General filed its Supplemental Appellee's Brief 6 on February 13, 2020.
After an evaluation of the records of this case, this Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal of accused-appellants for their failure to sufficiently show reversible error in the assailed Court of Appeals Decision 7 warranting the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Court of Appeals are AFFIRMED. Accused-appellant JACKIELYN F. NARRIDO and CELSO D. DE ROSAS are found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Trafficking in Persons under Section 4 (a) of R.A. No. 9208, as amended, and are sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of twenty (20) years with a fine of P1,000,000.00. They are also DIRECTED to pay the victim, AAA, P100,000.00 as moral damages, and P100,000.00 as exemplary damages. 8 These amounts shall earn interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully paid. 9
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 1.
2.Id.
3.Rollo, pp. 31-32.
4.Rollo, pp. 20-21.
5.Id. at pp. 38-40.
6.Id. at pp. 48-71.
7.Rollo, pp. 4-22. The Decision dated March 21, 2019 was penned by Associate Justice Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr., and concurred with by Associate Justices Myra V. Garcia-Fernandez and Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig.
8.People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806 (2016) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
9. See Nacar v. Gallery Frames, 716 Phil. 267 (2013) [Per J. Peralta En Banc].