19
685 Phil. 376, 388 (2012).
20
Id.
21
"The Anti-Rape Law of 1997, Republic Act No. 8353, 30 September 1997.
Art. 266-B. Penalties. - Rape under paragraph 1 of the next preceding article shall be
punished by reclusion perpetua.
22
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The death penalty shall also be imposed if the crime of rape is committed with any of
the following aggravating/ qualifying circumstances:
1. When the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and the offender is a parent,
ascendant, step-parent, guardian, relative by consanguinity or affinity within the third
civil degree, or the common law spouse of the parent of the victim.
23
Records, p. 153.
24
G.R. No. 208760, 23 April 2014, 723 SCRA 647.
25
Id. at 666.
26
Id. at 154.
cralawred
cralawred
27People
v. Cuaycong, G.R. No. 196051, 2 October 2013, 706 SCRA 644, 658; People v.
Edgar Padigos, 700 Phil. 368, 376 (2012).
28People
v. Cuaycong, supra at 658-659.
29People
v. Lomaque, 710 Phil. 338, 352 (2013).
30
Approved on 24 June 2006.
31People
v. Colentava, G.R. No. 190348, 9 February 2015; People of the Philippines v.
Jose Estalin Prodenciado, G.R. No. 192232, 10 December 2014.
32
G.R. No. 172707, 1 October 2013, 706 SCRA 508.
33
Supra note 28.
34People
v. Colentava, supra note 28.
Article 345. Civil liability of persons guilty of crimes against chastity. — Person guilty
of rape, seduction or abduction, shall also be sentenced:
35
1. To indemnify the offended woman.