CASE

TOPIC/FACTS ISSUE RULING LAWS APPLICABLE

IENT V TULLET - Tradition Asia

- WON directors violates - Not Guilty - Art 31 : directors

PREBON - Directors conspired with competitor art 31 in rel to sec 144 of - Art 144: penalty

the RPC - Rule of Lenity (dubio pro reo) ~ more

lenient to the accused

MINUCHER V - Buy Bust Operation (drugs: heroin)

- WON Scalzo can use - Granted. - DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

SCALZO - Torabian ~ Iranian (caviar & carpet)

DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY VIENNA CONVENTION ON
- GENERAL Char of Criminal Law: blanket DIPLOMATOC RELATIONS: immune
binding on all persons who live or from criminal jurisdiction
sojourn in the PH

LIANG V PEOPLE - ADB

- WON Liang is
- defamation against Joyce Cabal
- DENIED. No - SEC 45 Memo Circular 94: ADB sta
protected by IMMUNITY Immunity as he immune with respect to acts performed
acted BEYOND in their ocial capacity
his ocial
capaity.

PEOPLE V TULIN - TERRITORIAL CHAR of Crim Law

- WON Tulin & Co are - Guilty with - PD 532 Sec 4: any person who
- Pirates (M/T Tabangao: oil cargo)
guilty of piracy
hiong as acquires ppty taken by pirates are
- Hiong: Hongkong - WON Hiong can be accomplice considered ACCOMPLICE

considered
accomplice

WHITE LIGHT - Ordinance: Short time admission rates

- WON the Ordinance is - YES. - DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL
CORP V CITY OF - petitioned unconstitutional violates unconstitutional
PROTECTION

MANILA the right to privacy and freedom of - Requisites of a Valid Ordinance:

movement
- not contravene w/ consti

- invalid exercise of police power

- not unfair or oppressive

- unreasonable and oppressive - not partial or discriminatory

interference of business - not prohibit but may regulate trade

- general and consistent w/ pub.policy

- not unreasonable

GARCIA V DRILON - RA 9262 VAWC

- WON VAWC violate - NO. - question of constitutionality must be
- husband abuse wife equal protection clause raised at earliest possible time

US V BUSTOS - Punzalan, justice of peace macabebe

- Freedom of Expression - Acquitted. - instead of punishing them, they
- libelous should be commended for good
citizenship

- Magna Carta of PH Liberty

GUINGGING V - Torralba : radio station
- WON there is libel - Not libel - Elements of Libel:

PEOPLE - libel - imputation, publication, identity,

existence of malice

ESTRADA V - Jehova's Witness

- WON Escritor should - NO. - Freedom of religion: Benevolent
ESCRITOR - Freedom of Religion be penalized? Neutrality

PEOPLE V - Father rapes his 10y.o. daughter

- WON Death Penalty - NO. - HEINOUS CRIMES; congress may re-
ECHEGARAY - Death penalty law
Law is unconstitutional impose the death penalty
- Excessive punishment
CORPUZ V - Tangcoy sell jewelry commission basis
- WON modifications in - YES. - penalty is excessive
PEOPLE - ESTAFA terms of penalties valid

PEOPLE V FERRER - Anti Subversion Act

- WON A.S.A is a bill of - NO. - members has the option to quit the
- Bill of attainder attainder group before they may be charged

US V DIAZ CONDE - debt to Oliveros 300 with 5% interest

- WON usury law can be -NO - NO EX POST FACTO LAW
- NO EX POST FACTO LAW
given retroactive eect
- usury law from 5% to 6%
PEOPLE V - destierro from city of manila
- WON evasion of - NO.
ABILONG - SPANISH TEXT PREVAILS over service of sentence
ENGLISH TEXT refers only to imprisones

PEOPLE V - husband stabbed wife

- WON he can be - NO. - Not imbecile for he was capable of
FORMIGONES - behaved like an insane person during exempt from liabilty from feeling remorse (parricide)

trial
being imbecile
- PRESCRIBED BUT UNDESERVED
PENALTIES

LADONGA V - loan: pawnshop

- WON wife liable as - NO ~ - SUPPLETORY OF RPC TO SPECIAL
PEOPLE - bouncing checks conspiror in violation of aquitted PENAL LAWS
BP 22

PEOPLE V SIMON - buy bust 4 marijuana tea bags - WON Indeterminate - YES. ISL - a legal and social measure of
Sentence Law compassion and should be liberally
applicable interpreted in favor of the accused

PEOPLE V - arson 2nd husband

- WON wife is an NO - no direct part in the commission of
SYLVESTRE & - OMMISSION
accomplice the act.

ATIENZA - mere silence do not constitute

cooperation
PEOPLE V - murder of father: 12 y.o daughter - WON common law - YES. - ART 19, Par 3

TALINGDAN primary witness wife an accessory - her act of concealing/assisting the

escape makes her liable as such

MANUEL V - INTENTIONAL FELONIES

- WON guilty of BIGAMY - YES. - Art 3 Par 2 : there is deceit when the
PEOPLE - married 2nd time with Tina a college act is performed with deliberate intent
student, stopped giving support

PEOPLE V PUNO - driver sarmiento

- WON highway robbery - NO. - not kidnapping not highway robbery
- money 100k mere extortion of money

- GENERAL INTENT
PEOPLE V DELIM - kidnapped and killed by brothers
- WON def. guilty of only - NO. - the abducting was merely incidental
- found dead in grassy area kidnapping not murder to the SPECIFIC INTENT of killing him

US V AH CHONG - cook: roommate

- WON guilty - NO ~ - legitimate self defense

- stabbed
aquitted
- MISTAKE OF FACT
PEOPLE V OANIS - police ocer fired at a man who is - WON mistake of fact - NO. - Acted negligently, cannot set up as a
sleeping on his back defense

PADILLA V DIZON - $3,000 airport

- WON dizon guilty of - YES. - MALA PROHIBITA - SPECIAL LAWS
- Sec 6, Central Bank Circular 960: gross ignorance of the
above $3,000 shall be declared
law
- Sec 1, PD No 1883
MAGNO V CA - Mancor, repair shop equipments
- WON guilty of Bp 22 NO - business scheme
- checks as guarantee
GARCIA V CA - pimentel : votes decreased by 5k
- WON RA is mala in se - MALA IN SE - inherently immoral to decrease the
- RA 6646 Sec 27 (b) Electoral Reforms or prohibita vote of a candidate
Law: prohibits the tampering of votes

PEOPLE V PUGAY - human torch

- WON conspiracy - NO
- INTENT V MOTIVE
IVLER V SAN - vehicular incident: 2 oenses
- WON double jeopardy - YES. - Quasi-Oense: the gravity of
PEDRO - ReckImp resulting to Homicide
consequence is only taken into
- ReckImp resulting to slight phyinj and account in determining the penalty, it
damage to property does not qualify the substance of the
oense

PEOPLE V - planned to kill Manuel Roxas

GUILLEN - Aberratio Ictus: Mistake in the Blow

PEOPLE V - car rained with bullets
- MISTAKE OF IDENTITY
SABALONES - error in personae (wrong person)
PEOPLE V - Praeter intentionem
- guilty of homicide? - YES. - he cannot invoke self defense
ALBAQUERQUE - paralysis : unintentionally stabbed because he commenced the
with penknife aggression by brandishing the penknife

BATACLAN V - Proximate cause

- WON the proxcause is - NO - negligence of the driver is the
MEDINA - bus turned turtle (torch) the burning of the bus? proximate cause

PEOPLE V ILIGAN - Result is dierent from that which he - El que es cause dela causa es cause
intended
del mal causado (he who is the
- bolo then run by a vehicle cause is the cause of the evil
caused)

URBANO V - wound tetanus

- urbano guilty - infection was the e. int. cause ~
INTERMEDIATE - EFFICIENT INTERVENING CAUSE of slight phy distinct and foreign to the crime

APPELLATE injuries -
INTOD V CA - shot the empty room - WON impossible crime - YES. - physical impossibilty

- Art 4 Par 2
PEOPLE V - beaten - dead - shot - you cannot kill a dead person
SALADINO

JACINTO V - Bounced Check 10k

- accused performed all the acts of
PEOPLE - baby aquino megafoam
execution but there is no funds
- no funds
US V EDUAVE - raped by mom's querido
- attempted murder? - NO ~ - Art 6 Par 2. frustrated murder.....
- stabbed by bolo, akala patay na di pa frustrated independent of the will of the
pala murder perpetrator

RIVERA V PEOPLE - ex-taxi driver

- attempted murder - YES. there is - subjective phase not passed
- jobless mockery
intent to kill because of the intervention of the
- beaten and hit 3x by hollowblock police

BALEROS V - UST
- no attempted rape because there is
PEOPLE - RAPE? NO UNJUST VEXATION ONLY no sexual attempt. Chito only wants
her unconscious

VALENZUELA V - TIDE SM
- frustrated or consummated; Art 6

PEOPLE - THEFT consummated? there is Art 308: Theft - intent to gain, w/o
unlawful taking violence or force, take personal ppty of
already another, without consent
PEOPLE V - illegal tresspas not attempted robbery

LAMAHANG - indeterminate oense

PEOPLE V - chair; sinaksak no one died

BORINAGA - frustrated murder

PEOPLE V KALALO - land dispute
Homicide- guilty Art 248, murder "abuse of superior
- nagbarilan at nagbolohan strength"

- not murder kasi both armed sila

PEOPLE V - fish vendor
attempted
TRINIDAD - trinidad - police- nakisabay lang
murder
- binaril lahat except tan
MARTINEZ V CA - common mistress (DEAN & frustrated how to prove intent to kill:

BENJAMIN)
homicide - motive

- sinaksak kaso di namatay - nature of weapons used

- nature of wounds inflicted

- manner the crime was committed

- words uttered before, during, after

MONDRAGON V - dike, asked na iclose ung dike ayaw
- less serious - no intent to kill
PEOPLE - nagbolohan
phy. injuries
- pero naguwian din hahaha
PEOPLE V SYPIO - shooting spree attempted kasi alam nyang di pa nya napapatay
murder ung isa so di pa complete ung acts of
execution

PEOPLE V DIO - ROBBERY: seiko watch

- special complex crime of attempted

robbery with homicide

PEOPLE V - robbery with illegal detention - complex crimes arises when an

SALVILLA oense is necessary means for
commiting the other

PEOPLE V ORITA - cristina, arrived home from party

_LABIA MAJORA there is still penetration that happened
- orita tried to rape her suceeeded in even it not perfect
undressing her

- consummated rape not frustrated

PEOPLE V - 4y.o chrystel
attempted rape - no rape that happened. child said
CAMPUHAN - there is no penetration that happened ayoko na and not aray ko

US V VALDES - arson
frustrated all acts of execution has been done
- katulong tried to burn a jute sack and arson
rag soaked with kerosene

PEOPLE V - conspiracy
murder
AGUILOS - gangmates
MANABAN V CA - ATM kicking chuchu self defense? no - guilty of - no unlawful agression on the part of
homicide the victim