LEGAL WRITING ACTIVITY

1. Identify the law(s) involved.

In the said case the law(s) being involved are;
 Jurisprudence (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. PORFERIO
CULAS Y RAGA)
 Jurisprudence (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. AGAPITO DE
LA CRUZ)
 Jurisprudence (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. CRUZ)
 Jurisprudence (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. LEJANO)
 Rule 130 of the Rules on Evidence (Sec. 29,31,34)
 Article 308 of the Revised Penal Code
 Article 17 of the Revised Penal Code

2. What is/are the issues involved (Logic). What are the arguments
presented for persuasion?
ISSUE: Does the accused- appellants introduced sufficient evidence
to prove that they are not guilty for principal by inducement?
PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS:
 The testimonies of the two CICL who admitted to have
committed the crime were incredible and peppered
inconsistencies.
 According to the testimony of CICL .The instruction of accused-
appellants and accused Lily Diego is ‘TO GET’ which is not a
direct command.
 The prosecution failed to adduce evidence to show that the
accused-appellants and accused Diego were actually delivered
the trays of eggs to sell.
 The tray of eggs to be delivered by Castro and the two CICLs
were actually found in the school and not in the place where
accused appellants residing.
 If indeed, they were under inducement of the appellants and
accused Diego, witness CICL Ursua could have told the said
alibi that they were induced by the appellants right there and
then to his mother and witness CICL Sison to his father or risk
getting scolded by their parents.
 Accussed-appellants tried to establish the fact that they were
only implicated in the crime because they or their relatives are
bitter political rivals of the allies of the incumbent mayor(the
husband of poultry owner)

3. List twenty(20) terms which you cannot understand in the said

document and search for their legal meaning.
 Genesis- the origin or mode of something
 Discernment- the ability to judge well
 Pleaded- make an emotional appeal
  Wherefore- as result of which
 Court a quo- the court from which an appeal has been taken
 Erred- be mistaken or incorrect
 Threshold- opening door
 Scrutinize- examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
 Peppered- to hit with
 Incumbent- necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility
 Corroborating- confirm and give support to
 Utterances- a spoken word
 Susceptible- likely or liable to be influenced
 Semblance- the outward appearance
 Equivocal- uncertain or questionable in nature
 Mileu- a person’s social environment
 Gleamed- collect gradually
 Plausible- seeming reasonable
 Contrived- false appearance
 Inherently- involved in the constitution
4. From the document present, how is legal writing diferent from usual
writing?
 Legal writing differs to usual writing on its foremost aim which
is to communicate.

Furthermore, Legal writing is persuasive, and advocates

in favor of a legal position

5. State why you want to be a lawyer.

 I want to be a lawyer because I want to be a part in the legal
department of our religious institution.