EXPANDED BAR SYLLABUS 2020 - PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW

1. Persons liable and degree of participation

a. Principals, accomplices, and accessories
b. Conspiracy and proposal
c. Multiple offenders
i. Recidivism
ii. Habituality

Reiteracion
The offender has been previously punished for an offense
which the law attaches an equal or greater penalty or for two
or more crimes to which it attaches a lighter penalty.

Quasi-recidivism and reiteracion cannot co-exist

Quasi-recidivism refers to a situation where the second crime
is committed during the service of sentence for the first
crime. Reiteracion refers to a situation where the second
crime is committed after service of sentence for the first
crime. As to reiteracion, the law says previously punished.

iii. Quasi-recidivism
iv. Habitual delinquency
2. Penalties
a. Imposable penalties
b. Classification
c. Duration and effects
d. Application
i. Subsidiary imprisonment
ii. Include: Indeterminate Sentence Law
e. Graduation o f penalties
f. Accessory penalties
3. Execution and service
a. Three-fold rule
b. Probation Law
c. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act
d. Republic Act No. 10951
4. Extinction of criminal liability
a. Republic Act No. 10592
5. Civil liability in criminal cases