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2003-05-08 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| The award of civil indemnity in the amount of P75,000 made by the trial court ought also to be modified. Such amount can only be awarded if the crime of rape was effectively qualified by any of the circumstances under which the death penalty is authorized by the applicable amendatory laws.[48] Since the penalty is less than capital, the civil indemnity must be reduced to P50,000. But moral damages in the amount of P50,000 must be awarded in favor of private complainant, without need of showing that she suffered from mental, physical, and psychological trauma as these are too obvious to require recital by the victim during trial. Furthermore, pursuant to prevailing jurisprudence, exemplary damages in the amount of P25,000 must be awarded.[49] In rapes committed by fathers against their daughters, such award may be imposed to serve as a deterrent against aberrant elders similarly disposed to commit the offense.[50] | |||||
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2002-10-10 |
DAVIDE JR., C.J. |
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| minority. 10. In People v. Liban[67] and People v. Llandelar,[68] the only evidence adduced to prove the minority of the victims was the victims' bare testimony that they were 10 and 16 years old, respectively. This Court | |||||