CRIMINAL LAW I. Ms. A had been married to Mr. B for 10 years. Since their marriage, Mr. B had been jobless and a drunkard, preferring to stay with his “barkadas” until the wee hours of the morning. Ms. A was the breadwinner and attended to the needs of their three (3) growing children. Many… Read More Bar Exam 2014 Suggested Answers in Criminal Law by the UP Law Complex
FACTS: Ambrocio Cristin went to the Barangay Hall to meet accused-appellants in order to talk to them about the land that Cristin had bought from a certain Agcaoile. They were arguing when they left, and Accused-appellant Rustia, Jr. suddenly restrained the Cristin on his waist. Accused-appellants Rustia, Sr. and Faustino helped accused-appellant Rustia, Jr. restrain… Read More Rustia v. People G.R. No. 208351, October 05, 2016 Treachery, Murder
FACTS: Sharica Mari Go-Tan (petitioner) and Steven Tan were married and have two female children. Barely six years into the marriage, petitioner filed a Petition with Prayer for the Issuance of a Temporary Protective Order (TPO) against Steven and her parents-in-law, herein respondents, before the RTC. She alleged that Steven, in conspiracy with respondents, were… Read More TAN v. TAN G.R. No. 168852 September 30, 2008 R.A. No. 9262, Conspiracy
FACTS: The petitioner, an honorary consul of Uruguay in the Philippines, was charged with the crime of falsification of a private document before the CFI of Manila. He objected to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that both under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Philippines the court… Read More SCHNECKENBURGER v. MORAN G.R. No. L-44896 July 31, 1936 Jurisdiction
FACTS: Petitioner, together with two other women, was charged with the crime of Qualified Theft, allegedly committed as follows: That on or about and sometime in the month of July 1997, in Kalookan City, Metro Manila, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring together and mutually helping one another, being… Read More Jacinto v. People G.R. No. 162540 July 13, 2009 Impossible Crime
FACTS: On the 19th of September, 1905, silver and paper money amounting to 25,000 pesos belonging to the firms of Urrutia & Co. and Muñoz & Co., was placed on the steamer Cantabria at Manila by said firms for shipment. 5,000 pesos of the said money belonged to Muñoz & Co. and 20,000 pesos to… Read More UNITED STATES vs. LAURENTE REY G.R. No. L-3326 September 7, 1907 Loss of Possession, Robbery
FACTS: On January 10, 1991, two Informations were filed with the RTC, against Petronila C. Tupaz and her late husband Jose J. Tupaz, Jr., as corporate officers of El Oro Engravers Corp., for nonpayment of deficiency corporate income tax for the year 1979. Criminal Case No. Q-91-17321 was raffled to Branch 105, presided over… Read More TUPAZ v. ULEP G.R. No. 127777. October 1, 1999 Taxation, Assessment, Prescriptive Period, Criminal Action
CANDELARIA vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES G.R. No. 209386 December 8, 2014 FACTS: Viron Transit Corporation ordered 14,000 liters of diesel fuel from Unioil, a company owned by private complainant Lao. Petitioner Mel Carpizo Candelaria, a truck driver employed by Lao, was dispatched to deliver the diesel fuel in Laon Laan, Manila. However, in… Read More Qualified Theft
People v. Carpo G.R. No. 132676. April 4, 2001 FACTS: Ruben Meriales testified that in the evening of 25 August 1996, he saw Jaime Carpo together with Warlito Ibao and his son Roche all looking in the direction of Florentino Dulay’s house which was about a meter to the south from where he was.… Read More Complex Crimes
Three conditions to be entitled to read or print these materials: 1. Share these materials to your friends; 2. Do not delete my posters; 3. Read my posters (he he he). Thanks ADMISSION OF GUILT In Vera vs. People, G.R. No. L-18184, January 31, 1963, the Supreme Court En Banc rejected the argument of the… Read More SHORT REVIEWER ON AMNESTY FOR 2018 BAR EXAMS BY JUDGE MARLO CAMPANILLA