SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 239632. February 26, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. XXX, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated26 February 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 239632 (People of the Philippines vs. XXX). — This treats of the appeal filed by XXX 1 against the Decision 2 dated February 19, 2018, rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01491-MIN, which affirmed the trial court's ruling convicting him of Qualified Rape under Article 266-A, in relation to Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code.
After a perusal of the records of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal for failure to sufficiently show any reversible error in the assailed decision to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Decision dated February 19, 2018, rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01491-MIN, convicting XXX of Qualified Rape as defined and penalized under Article 266-A, in relation to Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, thereby imposing upon him the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.
In addition, XXX is ordered to pay AAA the following amounts: (i) P100,000.00 as civil indemnity; (ii) P100,000.00 as moral damages; and (iii) P100,000.00 as exemplary damages. All the amounts due shall be subject to a legal interest of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Resolution until full satisfaction."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. At the victim's instance or, if the victim is a minor, that of his or her guardian, the complete name of the accused may be replaced by fictitious initials and his or her personal circumstances blotted out from the decision, resolution, or order if the name and personal circumstances of the accused may tend to establish or compromise the victim's identities, in accordance with Amended Administrative Circular No. 83-2015 (III [1] [c]) dated September 5, 2017.
2. Penned by Justice Walter S. Ong, with Justice Edgardo A. Camello and Justice Perpetua Atal-Paño, concurring, rollo, pp. 3-16.