SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 229667. November 22, 2017.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner,vs. CARLITO UDAN y ABAT, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated22 November 2017which reads as follows: AIDSTE
"G.R. No. 229667 (People of the Philippines v. Carlito Udan y Abat). — Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the appellant's and the appellee's briefs, which the parties adopted instead of filing their respective supplemental appeal briefs, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in its assailed Decision dated December 17, 2015 as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the attached Decision dated December 17, 2015 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 05976 and AFFIRMS said Decision, finding appellant Carlito Udan y Abat guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two (2) counts of simple rape, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, for each count, and to pay the victim civil indemnity, moral damages and exemplary damages, for each count, with MODIFICATION, in view of current jurisprudence, that the awards of civil indemnity be increased from P50,000.00 to P75,000.00, moral damages from P50,000.00 to P75,000.00 and exemplary damages from P30,000.00 to P75,000.00. (Reyes, Jr., J., on wellness leave)
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
MA. LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of Court
By:
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court