G.R. No. 225511. March 20, 2019

'''G.R. No. 225511. March 20, 2019''' is a Decision 2019 by the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Case Details
People of the Philippines Vs. Vicente Vañas y Balderama

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2019/march2019/225511.pdf

Mariano Del Castillo

Info
For committing the crime of qualified rape in Criminal Case No. 6072, appellant should have been meted the death penalty if not for the proscription in RA 9346. In lieu of the death penalty, appellant is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, without eligibility of parole

To be sure, the exact phrase "exploited in prostitution or subjected to other abuse" need not be mentioned in the Information. Moreover, "[t]he use of derivatives or synonyms or allegations of basic facts constituting the offense charged is sufficient." However, this established legal precept is not satisfied in this case since the Information failed to describe in intelligible terms with such particularity as to apprise the appellant, with reasonable certainty, the offense charged. The Information did not contain words of similar or identical meaning to describe the offense allegedly violated."In other words, the [Information] must contain a specific allegation of every fact and circumstance necessary to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04454)">constitute <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04917)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04524)">crime <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02147)">charged, <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04289)">accused <span style="transform: scaleX(1.06083)">being <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05912)">presumed <span style="transform: scaleX(0.98724)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04066)">have <span style="transform: scaleX(0.97216)">no <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04311)">independent <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04936)">knowledge <span style="transform: scaleX(1.25306)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(0.983758)">facts <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02672)">that <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03923)">constitute <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04917)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03874)">offense. <span style="transform: scaleX(1.06647)">Under <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03445)">Section <span style="transform: scaleX(1)">9 <span style="transform: scaleX(1.14078)">of Rule <span style="transform: scaleX(0.94308)">117 <span style="transform: scaleX(1.27671)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03178)">2000 <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04458)">Revised <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03315)">Rules <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0132)">on <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0489)">Criminal <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04185)">Procedure, <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02829)">[failure <span style="transform: scaleX(1.22942)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04917)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01567)">accused] <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0395)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03513)">raise <span style="transform: scaleX(0.998468)">an <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04309)">objection <span style="transform: scaleX(0.98724)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.00052)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04852)">insufficiency <span style="transform: scaleX(1.08105)">or <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04983)">defect <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0143)">in the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04166)">information <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04604)">would <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04451)">not <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05646)">amount <span style="transform: scaleX(0.98724)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03361)">a waiver <span style="transform: scaleX(1.25306)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02218)">any <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04309)">objection <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0587)">based <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05616)">on <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05754)">said <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04592)">ground <span style="transform: scaleX(1.08105)">or <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04088)">irregularity."

Decision
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> WHEREFORE , <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01871)">appeal <span style="transform: scaleX(0.877568)">is <span style="transform: scaleX(1.11078)">PARTIALLY <span style="transform: scaleX(1.08071)">GRANTED . <span style="transform: scaleX(1.045)">Appellant <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04024)">xxx <span style="transform: scaleX(0.925342)">is <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02794)">found <span style="transform: scaleX(1.09238)">GUILTY  <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04886)">beyond <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04146)">reasonable <span style="transform: scaleX(1.036)">doubt <span style="transform: scaleX(1.25306)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04371)">qualified <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04597)">rape <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02753)">in <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0489)">Criminal <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0385)">Case <span style="transform: scaleX(0.995827)">No. <span style="transform: scaleX(1.036)">6072 <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04343)">and <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03563)">is sentenced <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0395)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03919)">suffer <span style="transform: scaleX(1.00052)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04782)">penalty <span style="transform: scaleX(1.25306)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.06037)">reclusion <span style="transform: scaleX(1.12943)">perpetua  <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05663)">without <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04416)">eligibility <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02114)">for <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0268)">parole and <span style="transform: scaleX(1.09175)">to <span style="transform: scaleX(1.06208)">pay <span style="transform: scaleX(1.07151)">"AAA" <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03676)">amounts <span style="transform: scaleX(1.27671)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.11008)">P100,000.00 <span style="transform: scaleX(0.958594)">as <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01477)">civil <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01848)">indemnity, <span style="transform: scaleX(1.26942)">Pl <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04141)">00,000.00 <span style="transform: scaleX(0.909002)">as <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02289)">moral <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03428)">damages <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02218)">and <span style="transform: scaleX(1.11433)">Pl00,000.00 <span style="transform: scaleX(0.958594)">as <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04873)">exemplary <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02556)">damages. <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02565)">All <span style="transform: scaleX(1.0494)">monetary <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03745)">awards <span style="transform: scaleX(1.00184)">shall <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01705)">earn <span style="transform: scaleX(1.04246)">interest <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02353)">at <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02498)">the <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02573)">rate <span style="transform: scaleX(1.27671)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03345)">six <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05552)">percent <span style="transform: scaleX(0.936319)">( 6%) <span style="transform: scaleX(1.20016)">per <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05142)">annum  <span style="transform: scaleX(0.992804)">from <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02601)">date <span style="transform: scaleX(1.27671)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01459)">finality <span style="transform: scaleX(1.27671)">of <span style="transform: scaleX(1.01061)">this <span style="transform: scaleX(1.05265)">Decision <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03657)">until <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02008)">fully <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03041)">paid. <span style="transform: scaleX(1.045)">Appellant <span style="transform: scaleX(0.925342)">is <span style="transform: scaleX(1.10595)">ACQUITTED  <span style="transform: scaleX(0.975271)">in <span style="transform: scaleX(1.03068)">Criminal <span style="transform: scaleX(1.02483)">Case <span style="transform: scaleX(0.995827)">No. <span style="transform: scaleX(0.99736)">6073.

Trivia

 * *rape
 * *bill of particulars