G.R. No. 145391 – 436 Phil. 582 – 388 SCRA 28 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Responsive Pleading – Rule 111; Answer with Counterclaim not Allowed; Counterclaim must be filed separately Avelino Casupanan and Mario Laroya were involved in a vehicular collision. In 1999, Laroya filed a criminal […]
Criminal Procedure
G.R. No. 238798 – Criminal Law – Special Penal Laws – Juvenile Justice Act – Discernment Criminal Law – Book 1 – Mitigating Circumstances – Minority Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Information – When offender is a CICL Remedial Law – Evidence – Hearsay Rule – Exceptions; Res Gestae […]
G.R. No. 99287 – 285 Phil. 723 – 210 SCRA 246 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Plea to a Lesser Offense – Requisites; Consent of the Prosecution; Consent of the Offended Party In August 1990, Jaime Manuel was accused of illegal possession of drugs. Trial proceeded and after the […]
G.R. No. 254564; G.R. No. 254974; A.M. No. 21-07-16-SC; A.M. No. 18-03-16-SC – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Sec. 4, Rule 114; Plea to a Lesser Offense – Plea Bargaining in Drugs Cases – Requisites of a valid plea bargaining This case was consolidated with Cypher Baldadera vs People […]
G.R. No. 252861 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Appeal – There is no automatic appeal of criminal cases to the Court of Appeals In 2008, Alexander Olpindo was indicted for allegedly raping a minor. In 2016, he was convicted and was sentenced to reclusion perpetua. The RTC forwarded […]
G.R. No. 161075 – 714 Phil. 1 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Arraignment – Deferment of Arraignment – Prejudicial Question; Independent Civil Action Not a Prejudicial Question Sometime in the late 1990s, Rafael Jose Consing, Jr. and his mother obtained loans from Unicapital, Inc. amounting to Php18M. The […]
G.R. No. 148193 – 443 Phil. 454 – 395 SCRA 366 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Arraignment; Deferment – Prejudicial Question In 1997, Rafael Jose Consing, Jr. and his mother Cecilia dela Cruz sold to Plus Builders, Inc. (PBI) a huge parcel of lot in Imus, Cavite. Later, […]
G.R. No. 215121 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure / Civil Procedure – Rule 40; Appeal from MTC to RTC – Submission of Memorandum by Appellant is Mandatory – Rule 42; Appeal from RTC to CA In 2006, Dr. Benigno Agbayani, Jr. was sued by Saul Hofileña, Jr. Allegedly, Dr. […]
G.R. No. 247611 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 114; Bail – Nelson Mandela Rules – When is bail not a matter of right – Recognizance Bong Revilla, Richard Cambe, and Janet Napoles were charged with plunder. In 2018, Cambe and Napoles were convicted. Napoles was transferred to […]
G.R. No. 108028 – 328 Phil. 1123 – 260 SCRA 36 – 93 OG No. 36 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 118; Pre-Trial; Stipulations – Trial; Stipulations Evidence – Admissions; Judicial Admissions – Admissions by Counsel – Admissions of Fact Cristina Hernandez was convicted of large scale […]
G.R. No. 240056 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Prosecution of Crimes – Motion to Quash – Being an indigenous people is not a ground to quash information Criminal Law – Book 1 – General Principles – Characteristics of Penal Laws – Territoriality Datu Malingin, also known as Lemuel […]
G.R. No. 152997 – 484 Phil. 563 – Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Personal Liberty – Trespass to Dwelling – Lack of Criminal Intent Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 110 – Information – Designation of the Offense – When time is not an element of […]
G.R. No. 244255 – Criminal Law – Book I – Aggravating Circumstances – Qualifying Circumstances; Relationship; In Rape, Correct Filial Relationship Must Be Alleged Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 110 – Designation of the Offense – Qualifying Circumstances Must be Sufficiently Alleged In 2009, XYZ was indicted for […]
G.R. No. 196342 – G.R. No. 196848 – Criminal Law – Book II – Rape by Sexual Intercourse – Rape by Sexual Assault – Rape by Sexual Assault is not Necessarily Included in Rape by Sexual Intercourse – Variance Doctrine Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 120 – Variance […]
G.R. No. 246579 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 113; Arrest – Valid Warrantless Arrest; Hot Pursuit – Personal Knowledge May Be Obtained by Viewing a Security Footage Ramon Solomon robbed a grocery store and the incident was caught by a closed circuit TV camera (CCTV). The grocery […]
G.R. No. 252117 – 878 Phil. 628 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 114; Bail – Release of Prisoners on Humanitarian Consideration; Covid-19 Pandemic – Nelson Mandela Rules Dionisio Almonte and his co-petitioners were alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who were arrested for committing multiple […]