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Ruling of the Court of Appeals On April 15, 2014, the CA affirmed the RTC's Joint Decision and held as follows: WHEREFORE, the appeal is DENED for lack of merit. With the MODIFICATION increasing the award of civil indemnity and moral damages to P75,000.00 each, and awarding P30,000.00 as exemplary damages in Criminal Case Nos. 2755-M-2005 and 2756-M-2005, the Joint Decision dated November 10, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos City, Bulacan, Branch 18, is AFFIRMED in all other respects. All monetary awards for damages shall earn interest at the legal rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid. SO ORDERED.[8] Dissatisfied with the CA's Decision, Padlan, through his counsel, filed a Notice of Appeal[9] dated May 13, 2014 manifesting his intention to appeal the CA Decision to this Court. In a Resolution[10] dated January 12, 2015, this Court directed the parties to submit their respective supplemental briefs, if they so desired. In its Manifestation[11] dated April 15, 2015, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) informed this Court that it was adopting all arguments adduced in its Appellee's Brief dated May 21, 2013 in lieu of filing a Supplemental Brief. Likewise, Padlan filed a Manifestation[12] dated May 6, 2015, indicating that he would no longer file a Supplemental Brief since he had already argued all the relevant issues in his Appellant's Brief. Issue The lone issue raised by Padlan in his Appellant's Brief is whether the trial court erred in finding him guilty of the crimes imputed against him despite the prosecution's failure to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. According to Padlan, the prosecution failed to overcome the presumption of his innocence. Padlan challenges the credibility of "AAA" and insists that he was in a different place at the time the alleged crimes were committed. Padlan thus prays for his acquittal. Our Ruling The appeal lacks merit. After a careful review of the records of the case, the Court finds no cogent reason to depart from the findings of both the RTC and CA that the prosecution was able to sufficiently prove beyond a reasonable doubt all the elements of the crimes of rape

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People v. Padlan

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Case number: G.R. No. 214880

Division: PH Supreme Court First Division

Date of decision: Set 6, 2017

Year of decision: 2017

GBV Case Type

Acts of lasciviousness
Rape

Nature of the case: The accused, who is the adopted son of the victim’s neighbor and was left under the care of the victim's mother has sexually abused the victim against her will in three (3) different instances and during her tender age as she was only 9 years old when the sexual abuse occurred. The accused was then charged with the crime of rape and acts of lasciviousness. The accused had alibi but the Court was not persuaded. Accordingly, he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of rape as defined under Article 266-A (l)(d) and penalized under Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code and Acts of Lasciviousness as defined under Article 336 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to, and penalized under Section 5(b), Article III of Republic Act No. 7610.

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He is sentenced to suffer the following, viz:

For Criminal Case Nos. 2755-M-2005 and 2756-M-2005 (Two counts of rape): The offender is sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of reclusion perpetua and is ordered to pay the victim the increased amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity; P75,000.00 as moral damages; and P75,000.00 as exemplary damages, all with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of finality of the Decision until fully paid and
For Criminal Case No. 2757-M-2005 (Acts of Lasciviousness): He is sentenced to suffer indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years, ten (10) months and twenty-one (21) days of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to fifteen (15) years, six (6) months and twenty (20) days of reclusion temporal, as maximum. He is further ordered to pay the victim the amounts of P20,000.00 as civil indemnity; P15,000.00 as moral damages; P15,000.00 as exemplary damages; and a fine of P15,000.00, all with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of finality of the Decision until fully paid.

Observatory: Gender-Based Violence

Ponente: DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Long title: PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AMANTE PADLAN Y LEONES @ BUTOG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

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