THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 228250. February 19, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. ISAGANI "WENG" PUZON, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedFebruary 19, 2020, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 228250 (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee v. ISAGANI "WENG" PUZON, accused-appellant). — The Court of Appeals elevated 1 the records of this case to this Court pursuant to its August 17, 2016 Resolution, 2 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal 3 filed by accused-appellant Isagani "Weng" Puzon. cSEDTC
In its January 23, 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 July 31, 2017 Resolution, 5 this Court noted the separate Manifestations filed by the Office of the Solicitor General, 6 on behalf of plaintiff-appellee People of the Philippines, and accused-appellant, 7 stating that they would no longer file supplemental briefs.
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 Decision 8 of the Court of Appeals as to warrant the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court of Appeals' March 16, 2016 Decision in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06975 is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS. Accused-appellant Isagani "Weng" Puzon 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 for each count to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole. Furthermore, for each count, he is ORDERED to pay AAA civil indemnity, moral damages, and exemplary damages worth P100,000.00 each. 9
All damages awarded shall be subject to interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Resolution until their full satisfaction. 10
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 1. The case records were elevated on December 5, 2016.
2.Id. at 23.
3.Id. at 19-22.
4.Id. at 26-27.
5.Id. at 46-47.
6.Id. at 28-32.
7.Id. at 41-45.
8.Id. at 2-18. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Ramon A. Cruz and concurred in by Associate Justices Marlene Gonzales-Sison and Henri Jean Paul B. Inting (now a member of this Court) of the Seventeenth 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].