Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions > Year 2010 > September 2010 Resolutions > [G.R. No. 178879 : September 08, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES V. RICO MANLAPAZ Y ATANOSO :

Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated 08 September 2010 which reads as follows:

G.R. No. 178879 (People of the Philippines V. Rico Manlapaz y Atanoso). - Considering the allegations, issues and arguments presented in the appeal, 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 February 19, 2007 as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.

IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the Court ADOPTS the findings and conclusions of law in the Decision dated February 19, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 00969 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding appellant Rico Manlapaz y Atanoso guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape, sentencing him to sutler the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua, and ordering him to pay the victim the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages, but with MODIFICATION imposing the additional amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity.

SO ORDERED.