from the date of finality of this judgment until fully paid. [35]
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the July 17, 2014 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No.
06105 is AFFIRMED WITH MODIFICATION. Accused-appellant Francis Ursua y Bernal is hereby found guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of the following:
1. Two (2) counts of Qualified Rape in Criminal Cases No. 134832-H and 134833-H. He is sentenced to suffer the
penalty of reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole, and ordered to pay AAA the amounts of P100,000.00 as
civil indemnity, P100,000.00 as moral damages, and P100,000.00 as exemplary damages, for each count; and
2. One (1) count of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Case No. 134834-H. He is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion
perpetua, to pay a fine of P15,000.00, and to pay AAA the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as
moral damages, and P75,000.00 as exemplary damages.
All monetary awards for damages shall earn an interest rate of six percent (6%) per annum to be computed from the
finality of the judgment until fully paid.
SO ORDERED.
Carpio, (Chairperson), Perlas-Bernabe, Caguioa, and Reyes, Jr., JJ., concur.
[1]
Penned by Associate Justice Danton Q. Bueser, with Associate Justices Remedios A. Salazar-Fernando and
Ramon R. Garcia concurring (Rollo, pp. 2-11; CA rollo, pp. 86-95).
[2]
Records, pp. 162-174; CA rollo, pp. 11-23.
[3]
TSN, November 22, 2007, p. 29. However, the Birth Certificate of AAA shows that she was born on January 16,
1994 (Records, p. 122).
[4]
TSN, November 22, 2007, pp. 22-23.
[5]
Records, pp. 13, 121.
[6]
Id. at 14, 123.
[7]
Under Article 266-A in relation to 266-B, Paragraph 5(1) of the Revised Penal Code (RFC), as amended by
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8353, and in further relation to Section 5(a) of R.A. No. 8369.
[8]
Records, p. 1.
[9]
Id. at 15.
[10]
Id. at 17.
[11]
Records, pp. 173-174; CA rollo, pp. 22-23. (Emphasis in the original)
[12]
Defined and penalized under Article 336 of the RPC, in relation to Section 5(b), Article III of R.A. No. 7610.
[13]
Rollo, pp. 10-11; CA rollo, pp. 94-95.
[14]
Rollo, pp. 21-24.
[15]
Id. at 17-18.
[16]
People v. Altubar, G.R. No. 207089, February 18, 2015. (Resolution)
[17]
Pursuant to Article 266-B of the RPC, as amended by R.A. No. 8353, in relation to Section 3 of R.A. No. 9346.
[18]
People v. Jugueta, G.R. No. 202124, April 5, 2016, 788 SCRA 331.
[19]
Known as "An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines".