Case title: ANTHONY DE SILVA CRUZ VS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Principle: The possession and use of a counterfeit credit card is considered access device fraud and is
punishable by law. To successfully sustain a conviction for possession and use of a counterfeit access
device, the prosecution must present not only the access device but also any evidence that proves that the
access device is counterfeit.

Case title: People vs Corpuz Y Flores, G.R. No. 208013. July 3, 2017

Principles:

Remedial Law; Evidence: An intellectually disabled person is not, solely by this reason, ineligible from
testifying in court. "He or she can be a witness, depending on his or her ability to relate what he or she
knows." If an intellectually disabled victim's testimony is coherent, it is admissible in court.

Remedial Law; Evidence: Objections as to the reliability of the DNA testing methodology conducted on the
specimens submitted must be raised at the trial, otherwise, the defense is already estopped from
questioning the same for the first time on appeal.

Case Title: HEIRS OF CAYETANO CASCAYAN vs. SPS OLIVER AND EVELYN GUMALLAOI
G.R. No. 211947, July 03, 2017
One-liner: Petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 shall pertain only to questions of law.
Principle: The factual findings of the appellate courts are "final, binding, or conclusive on the parties and
upon th[e] [Supreme] court" when supported by substantial evidence.

Case Title: PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. JOSEPH SAN JOSE Y GREGORIO and JONATHAN SAN JOSE Y
GREGORIO [G.R. No. 206916. July 3, 2017]

Principle: The prosecution has the burden to prove the accused's guilt beyond reasonable doubt. If it fails
to discharge this burden, courts have the duty to render a judgment of acquittal. Thus, the quantum of
evidence required to overcome this presumption is proof beyond reasonable doubt

Case Title: Commercial Bank vs. Turner, 828 SCRA 499, G.R. No. 191458 July 3, 2017

Principle: Courts cannot grant a relief not prayed for in the pleadings or in excess of what is being sought
by the party.

Case Title: Bacerra y Tabones v. People

Principles: The identity of the perpetrator of a crime and a finding of guilt may rest solely on the strength
of circumstantial evidence.
Case Title: PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, vs. ROMALDO LUMAYAG Y DELA CRUZ G.R. No. 181474 July 26,
2017

One-liner: New store employee and cousins robbed the store and killed the old couple, who owns it.

Principle:

Sec. 13, Rule 124

Whenever the Court of Appeals finds that the penalty of death, reclusion perpetua, or life imprisonment
should be imposed in a case, the court, after discussion of the evidence and the law involved, shall render
judgment imposing the penalty of death, reclusion perpetua, or life imprisonment as the circumstances
warrant. However, it shall refrain from entering the judgment and forthwith certify the case and elevate
the entire record thereof to the Supreme Court for review.

CASE TITLE: GOTESCO PROPERTIES, INC. vs. SOLIDBANK CORPORATION (NOW METROPOLITAN BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY) G.R. No. 209452, July 26, 2017.

PRINCIPLE: Section 3 of Act No. 3135 requires that the Notice of Sale be a) physically posted in three (3)
public places and b) be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in the city where the property is situated. The crucial factor is not where the newspaper
is printed but whether the newspaper is being circulated in the city where the property is located.

Case Title: Securities and Exchange vs. Price Richardson Corporation, GR. No. 197032, July 26, 2017

ONE-LINER:
Kung exclusive nga imoha, imoha ra gyud na. E review rana kung nay mureklamo if nag abusar ka.

PRINCIPLE: The determination of probable cause for purposes of filing an information is lodged with
the public prosecutor. It is not reviewable by courts unless it is attended by grave abuse of discretion

Case Title: Power Generation Employees Association-NPC v. National Power Corp., G.R. No. 187420,
August 9, 2017

One-Liner: To issue an injunctive writ, the applicant must establish his or her right sought to be protected.

Principles: Provisional reliefs, such as a temporary restraining order or a writ of preliminary injunction,
are ancillary writs issued by the court to protect the rights of a party during the pendency of the principal
action.
To issue an injunctive writ, the applicant must establish his or her right sought to be protected.

Actions must be instituted by the real parties-in-interest. Otherwise, the action may be dismissed for lack
of cause of action. A real party-in-interest is defined under Rule 3, Section 2 of the Rules of Court as:
Section 2. Parties-in-Interest.—A real party-in-interest is the party who stands to be benefited or injured
by the judgment in the suit, or the party entitled to the avails of the suit. Unless otherwise authorized by
law or these Rules, every action must be prosecuted or defended in the name of the real party-in-interest.

People of the Philippines vs. Rene Boy Dimapilit y Abellado, G.R. No. 210802, August 9, 2017

Principle: Inconsistencies between the sworn statement and direct testimony given in open court do not
necessarily discredit the witness. An affidavit, being taken ex-parte, is oftentimes incomplete and is
generally regarded as inferior to the testimony of the witness in open court.

Case Title: CE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ARANETA CENTER INC., RESPONDENT.
G.R. No. 192725, August 09, 2017

A tribunal confronted not only with ambiguous contractual terms but also with the total absence of an
instrument which definitively articulates the contracting parties' agreement does not act in excess of
jurisdiction when it employs aids in interpretation.

Principle/s:
The Supreme Court’s (SC’s) primordial inclination must be to uphold the factual findings of arbitral
tribunals.
By the parties’ voluntary submission, they acknowledge that an arbitral tribunal constituted under the
Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) has full competence to rule on the dispute presented
to it.

Case Title: Cortal vs. Inaki A. Larrazabal ENTERPRISES; 838 SCRA 255; GR No. 199107, August 30, 2017
Principle: Verification; Jurisprudence has considered the lack of verification as a mere formal, rather than
a jurisdictional, defect that is not fatal.