THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 227426. April 8, 2019.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.ROGER NAZA y FERRERAS, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution dated April 8, 2019, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 227426 (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee v. ROGER NAZA y FERRERAS, accused-appellant.) — On October 21, 2016, 1 the Court of Appeals elevated the records of this case to this Court in accordance with its February 5, 2016 Resolution, 2 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal 3 filed by accused-appellant Roger Naza y Ferreras.
In its December 7, 2016 Resolution, 4 this Court noted the records of this case forwarded by the Court of Appeals and required accused-appellant and plaintiff-appellee People of the Philippines, through the Office of the Solicitor General, to file their respective supplemental briefs.
In its July 3, 2017 Resolution, 5 this Court noted the separate manifestations filed by plaintiff-appellee 6 and accused-appellant, 7 stating that they would no longer file supplemental briefs and, instead, adopt their respective briefs before the Court of Appeals.
After an evaluation of the case records, this Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal of accused-appellant for his failure to sufficiently show any reversible error in the assailed Court of Appeals November 27, 2015 Decision, 8 warranting the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the November 27, 2015 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 06747 are AFFIRMED. Accused-appellant Roger Naza y Ferreras is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of rape, as punished under Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
In line with prevailing jurisprudence, 9 this Court deems it proper to modify the amount of civil indemnity, moral damages, and exemplary damages to One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) each. TAIaHE
All damages awarded shall be subject to interest at 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.) WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 1.
2.Id. at 15.
3.Id. at 11-14.
4.Id. at 17-18.
5.Id. at 31-32.
6.Id. at 19-23.
7.Id. at 24-28.
8.Id. at 2-10. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Manuel M. Barrios, and concurred in by Associate Justices Ramon M. Bato, Jr. and Maria Elisa Sempio Diy of the Twelfth Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
9.People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806 (2016) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
10.Nacar v. Gallery Frames, 716 Phil. 267 (2013) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].