Short answer. No. Rule 122, Section 11(b) of the Rules of Court states that the appeal of the offended party from the civil aspect of a judgment shall not affect the criminal aspect of the judgment or order appealed from. So appealing only the damages award leaves the accused's criminal conviction untouched.
What the law says
The appeal of the offended party from the civil aspect shall not affect the criminal aspect of the judgment or order appealed from.
Rule 122, Section 11 — Effect of appeal by any of several accused. Read the full provision →
What the law says
Upon perfection of the appeal, the execution of the judgment or final order appealed from shall be stayed as to the appealing party.
Rule 122, Section 11 — Effect of appeal by any of several accused. Read the full provision →
What the law says
An appeal taken by one or more of several accused shall not affect those who did not appeal, except insofar as the judgment of the appellate court is favorable and applicable to the latter.
Rule 122, Section 11 — Effect of appeal by any of several accused. Read the full provision →
The rule keeps the civil and criminal aspects separate
Section 11 answers this directly. It states plainly that the appeal of the offended party from the civil aspect shall not affect the criminal aspect of the judgment or order appealed from. Your appeal, as the victim, over how much you were awarded in damages, is treated as its own separate track. It does not reopen the question of whether the accused was properly found guilty, and it does not put the conviction itself back up for review.
The section treats appeals as compartmentalized, not automatic across the board
The same section reflects this compartmentalized approach elsewhere too: an appeal taken by one or more of several accused shall not affect those who did not appeal, except insofar as the judgment of the appellate court is favorable and applicable to the latter. Just as one accused's appeal generally does not automatically extend to a co-accused who did not appeal, your appeal on the civil aspect does not automatically carry over into the criminal aspect of the same case.
What is actually up for review when you appeal only the damages
Because the appeal is confined to the civil aspect, the appellate court's review is limited to what you actually put in issue, the amount and basis of the damages award. The criminal conviction stands on its own footing and is not something the appellate court reconsiders simply because you filed an appeal on the money award. If the accused wants the conviction itself reviewed, that would require the accused's own appeal, separate from yours.
Effect on execution while your appeal is pending
Section 11 also limits the effect of an appeal on execution: upon perfection of the appeal, the execution of the judgment or final order appealed from shall be stayed as to the appealing party. Since it is your appeal, over the civil aspect, that is stayed, not the accused's. The criminal side of the judgment, which the accused did not appeal, is not shielded from execution by your separate appeal on damages.