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Destruction of Life: the killing of a human being
Law/Penalty
Article 246. Parricide
Penalty: reclusion perpetua
Article 247. Death or physical
injuries inflicted under
exceptional circumstances.
Penalty:
Death: destierro
Physical Injuries: Exempt
Article 248. Murder
Penalty: With RA 9346 -
reclusion perpetua
Article 249. Homicide
Penalty: reclusion temporal.
XPN: victim under 12 YO -
reclusion perpetua [Sec 10, RA
7610]
Requisites
1. A person is killed.
2. That the deceased is killed by the accused.
3.That the deceased is the father, mother, or child, whether legitimate or
illegitimate, or a legitimate other ascendant or other descendant, or legitimate
spouse, of the accused.
Essential Element:Relationship
1. That a legally married person or a parent surprises his spouse or his
daughter, the latter under 18 years of age and living with him, in the act of
committing sexual intercourse with another person
2. That he or she kills any or both of them or inflicts upon any or both of them any
serious physical injury in the act or immediately thereafter.
3.That he has not promoted or facilitated the prostitution of his wife or
daughter, or that he or she has not consented to the infidelilty of the other
spouse.
1. A person was killed
2. Accused killed him
3.Killing was attended by any of the qualifying circumstances:
a.Treachery
b.In consideration of a price, reward, or promise
c. By means of inundation, fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck. Stranding of a
vessel etc
d.On occasion of any calamities
e. With evident premeditation
f. With cruelty
4.Killing is not infanticide or parricide
1. That a person was killed
2. The accused killed him without any justifying circumstance
3.That the accused had the intention to kill, which is presumed
4.That the killing was not attended by any of the qualifying circumstances of
murder, or by that of parricide or infanticide
Other Notes
Ascendant or descendant MUST be legitimate
One who kills an illegitimate ascendant or descendant is guilty of simple homicide
or murder as the case may be.
Relationship must be alleged in the information filed to be convicted of Parricide
otherwise, relationship must be considered aggravating.
The law does not require knowledge of the relationship between them
applies only when the daughter is single
Not applicable: accused did not see his spouse in the act of sexual intercourse
with another person
■ Does not include merely sleeping on the same bed
The discovery, the pursuit, and
the killing must all form part of one continuous act.
Justification> burst of passion
The accused cannot be held liable for injuries sustained by third persons as a
result of being caught in the crossfire
When more than 1 - others are treated as generic aggravating circumstances
Treachery and premeditation are inherent in murder by poison hence, cannot be
considered aggravating
Intent to kill is presumed. - law looks at material results following the unlawful act.
Evidence of intent to kill: impt in attempted or frustrated homicide otw, physical
injuries only
No crime of frustrated homicide through imprudence
wounds were inflicted by two different persons, both liable for homicide
Use of unlicensed firearm: aggravating in Homicide
Accidental homicide - death of a person brought about by a lawful act performed
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Article 251. Death caused in a
tumultuous affray
Penalty: prisión mayor
Art. 252. Physical injuries
inflicted in a tumultuous affray.
Penalty: next lower in degree
than that provided for the
physical injuries
Art. 255. Infanticide
Penalty: prisión mayor
XPN: Other person kills a child
less than 3 days: reclusion
perpetua
Art. 256. Intentional abortion.
Art. 257. Unintentional abortion.
1. That there be several persons
2. That they did not compose groups organized for a common purpose of
assaulting and attacking each other reciprocally
3.That these several persons quarreled and assaulted one another in a
confused and tumultuous manner
4.That someone was killed in the course of the affray
5.That it cannot be ascertained who actually killed the deceased
6.That the person or persons who inflicted serious physical injuries or who
could use violence can be identified.
1. That there is tumultuous affray as referred to in the preceding article
2. That a participant or some participants thereof suffer serious physical injuries
or physical injuries of a less nature only
3.That the person responsible therefor cannot be identified
4.That all those who appear to have used violence upon the person of the
offended party are known
1. Child was killed
2. That the deceased child was less than 3 days old
3.That the accused killed the said child
1. There is a pregnant woman
2. Violence is exerted, or drugs or drinks administered, or that the accused
otherwise acts upon such pregnant woman
3.As a result of the use of violence or drugs or drinks upon her, or any other act
of the accused, the fetus dies, either in the womb or having been expelled
therefrom
4.Abortion is intended
1. There is a pregnant woman
2. Violence is used upon such pregnant woman without intending an abortion
3.Violence is intentionally exerted
4.As a result of the violence the fetus dies, either in the womb or after having
been expelled therefrom
with proper care and skill, and without homicidal intent
two known groups: not tumultuous affray
Person killed need not be one of the participants
Who is liable?
1. Person or persons who inflicted serious physical injuries
2. If not known, all persons who used violence upon the person but with
lesser liability
Only the one who used violence is liable
Father, mother, or legitimate other ascendant who kills a child less than 3 days old
is to suffer the penalty for parricide
Concealing dishonor - mitigates the crime of infanticide for ONLY the mother or
the maternal grandparents who committed the crime; must be of good reputation
Stranger cooperating with the mother in killing a child less than 3 days old is
guilty of infanticide and penalized as it is for murder
Abortion - the willful killing of the fetus in the uterus, or the violent expulsion of the
fetus from the maternal womb which results to the death of the fetus
Penalty:
reclusion temporal-use any violence upon the person of the pregnant woman.
prision mayor - without using violence, he shall act without the consent of the
woman.
prision correccional medium and maximum periods - the woman shall have
consented.
Committed by violence
Penalty: prision correccional in its minimum and medium period
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Art. 258. Abortion practiced by
the woman herself of by her
parents.
Penalty: prision correccional in
its medium and maximum
periods
Art. 262. Mutilation
Penalty: prision mayor in its
medium and maximum periods.
XPN: victim under 12 YO -
reclusion perpetua
Art. 263. Serious physical
injuries.
Art. 264. Administering injurious
substances or beverages.
1. That there is a pregnant woman who has suffered abortion Liability of pregnant woman is mitigated if purpose is to conceal dishonor
2. Abortion is intended No mitigation for parents of pregnant woman even if purpose is to conceal honor
3.Abortion is caused by:
a.Pregnant woman herself
b.Other person with her consent
c. Any of her parents with her consent for the purpose of concealing her
dishonour
Intentional Mutilation: [MAYHEM] 2 kinds:
1. That there be castration, that is mutilation of organs necessary for generation, 1. Intentionally mutilating another by depriving him, either totally or partially, of
such as penis or ovarium some essential organ for reproduction
2. That the mutilation is caused purposely and deliberately, that is, to deprive 2. By intentionally making other mutilation, that is, by lopping or clipping off any
the offended party of some essential organ for reproduction part of the body of the offended party, other than the essential organ for
reproduction, to deprive him of that part if his body
Note: offender must have the intention to deprive the offended party a part of his
body
Serious Physical Injuries How committed? Wounding, beating, assaulting, administering injurious
1. Injured person becomes insane, imbecile, impotent, or blind as a result of the substance
injuries inflicted [prision mayor]
2. Injured person Qualified Physical Injuries: law provides for higher penalties
a. Loses speech or hearing or smelling, or loses an eye, a hand, a foot , an Committed against persons committed in the crime of Parricide (Art 246)
arm, or a leg [prision correccional med/max] With the attendance of any of the circumstances mentioned in the crime of murder
b. Loses the use of such member (Art 248)
c. Becomes incapacitatted for the work for which he was habitually engaged
3.Injured person Note: serious physical injuries by excessive chastisement by parents are not
a. Becomes deformed [prisión correccional min/med] qualified
b. Loses any other member of his body
c. Loses the use thereof Attended with those enumerated in Art 248: reclusion temporal
d. Becomes incapacitatted for the work for which he was habitually engaged
for more than 90 days
1. That the offender inflicted upon another any serious physical injury if he did not know harmful effects, he is not liable
2. That it was done by knowingly administering to him any injurious substances “Weakness of the mind or credulity” - witchcraft, philters, magnetism, etc.
or beverages or by taking advantage of his weakness of mind or credulity
3.That he had no intent to kill
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Art. 265. Less serious physical
injuries
Penalty: arresto mayor
1. Offended party is incapacitated for labor for more than 10 days but less than
30 days, or needs medical attention for the same period of time
2. That the physical injuries must not be those described in the preceding
articles
Qualified less serious physical injuries
1. A fine not exceeding 500.00 PHP, in addition to arresto mayor
a. There is manifest intent to insult or offend the injured person
b. There are circumstances adding ignominy to the offense
2. Higher penalty is imposed
a. Offender’s parents, ascendants, guardians, curators or teachers; or
b. Persons of rank or persons in authority, provided the crime is not direct assault
Note: slight physical injuries when there is no medical attendance or incapacity
for labor

Art. 266. Slight physical injuries
and maltreatment
1. By arresto menor when the offender has inflicted physical injuries which shall
incapacitate the offended party for labor from one to nine days, or shall
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2. By arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 20 pesos and censure when the
offender has caused physical injuries which do not prevent the offended party
from engaging in his habitual work nor require medical
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3.By arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding 50 pesos
when the offender shall ill-treat another by deed without causing any injury
3 kinds of Slight Physical Injuries
1. Physical injuries which incapacitated the offended party for labor from 1-9 days,
or required medical attendance for the same period
a. Eg. black eye from a fistic blow
2. Physical injuries which did not prevent the offended party from engaging in his
habitual work or which did not require medical attendance
3.Ill-treatment of another by deed without causing any injury
a. Eg. Slapping
Note: no evidence of actual injury >> slight physical injuries
Supervening event converting the crime into serious physical injuries after filing of
the information for slight physical injuries can still be the subject of a new charge
without necessarily putting the accused in double jeopardy

CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY

CRIMES CLASSIFIED AS ILLEGAL DETENTION:
1. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention (Art 267)
2. Slight illegal detention (Art 268)
3. Unlawful arrest (Art. 269)

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Art. 267. Kidnapping and serious
illegal detention
.Penalty: reclusion perpetua
1. That the offender is a private individual.
2. That he kidnaps or detains another, or in any other manner deprives the latter
of his liberty.
3.That the act of detention or kidnapping must be illegal.
4.That in the commission of the offense, any of the following circumstances is
present:
a. That the kidnapping or detention lasts for more than 3 days;
b. That it is committed simulating public authority;
c. That any serious physical injuries are inflicted upon the person kidnapped
or detained or threats to kill him are made; or
d. That the person kidnapped or detained is a minor, female, or a public
officer, (cited in People vs. Mercado, 131 SCRA 501)
XPN to 4 a-d: crime is done for the purpose of extorting ransom (Qualifying
Circumstance )
*coupled with killing: always with homicide - killing taken in its generic sense
(Homicide)
Essential:
1. Intention to deprive the victim of his liberty for the purpose of extorting ransom
on the part of the accused is
2. Detention or locking up
3.actual confinement of restriction of the person of the offended party.
4.Less than 3 days = Serious Illegal Detention
Purpose is to kill: illegal detention is ABSORBED
Purpose is to kill + to deprive freedom: Special Complex Crime; regardless of
whether the killing was purposely sought or was merely an afterthought
Maximum penalty (reclusion perpetua, RA 9346) is imposed when:
1. Purpose is to extort ransom
2. Victim is killed or dies as a consequence of the detention
Victim is rapedo
3.Victim subject to torture
NOTE: NO COMPLEX CRIME OF ILLEGAL DETENTION WITH RAPE
Illegal Detention Arbitrary detention

committed by a private individual who committed by a public officer or

unlawfully kidnaps, detains, or employee who detains a person
otherwise deprives a person of liberty without legal ground

crime against personal liberty and crime against the fundamental law of
security the State.

Art. 268. Slight illegal detention
Penalty: reclusion temporal
1. That the offender is a private individual.
2. That he kidnaps or detains another, or in any other manner deprives him of
his liberty.
3.That the act of kidnapping or detention is illegal.
4.That the crime is committed without the attendance of any of the
circumstances enumerated in Art. 267.
Accomplice:
1. furnished the place for the perpetration of the crime. (Art. 268, par. 2); His
participation is raised to that of a real co-principal.
2. an act or acts other than furnishing the place for the perpetration of the crime >
the penalty should be one degree lower than that provided for the crime of slight
illegal detention.

Privileged Mitigating Circumstance (penalty lower by 1 degree): ALL MUST

CONCUR
1. voluntarily releases the person so kidnapped or detained within three days from
the commencement of the detention,

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2. without having attained the purpose intended, and
3.before the institution of criminal proceedings against him, his liability is
mitigated

When the victim is a female, the detention is punished under Art. 267. Voluntary
release is not mitigating under that article.

The last paragraph of Art. 268 applies to slight illegal detention only, not to Art.
267. Arts. 267 and 268 are independent of each other.

Art. 269. Unlawful arrest.
Penalty: arresto mayor and a
fine not exceeding 500 pesos
1. That the offender arrests or detains another person. Applies to private/public persons
2. That the purpose of the offender is to deliver him to the proper authorities. Public officer: no authority to arrest and detain a person, or if he did not act in his
3.That the arrest or detention is not authorized by law or there is no reasonable official capacity
ground therefore.
COMPARISONS:
Unlawful Arrest Illegal Detention

Purpose: to deliver him to proper All other cases of locking up or

authorities and it develops that the detaining of less than 3 days
detention is unlawful

Unlawful Arrest Article 125

Detention not authorized by law Detention is for some legal ground

Crime committed by making an arrest Crime committed by failing to deliver

not authorized by the law such person to the proper judicial
authority within a certain period of
time

Art. 270. Kidnapping and failure
to return a minor.
Penalty: reclusion perpetua
Parent-offender: arresto mayor
or 300 PHP fine or both
1. That the offender is entrusted with the custody of a minor person (whether
over or under 7 years but less than 21 BUT NOW 18 years of age, RA 6809).
2. That he deliberately fails to restore the said minor to his parents or guardians.
Punished: deliberate failure of the custodian of the minor to restore the latter to his
parents
ESSENTIAL ELEMENT:offender is entrusted with the custody of the minor
Art 270: offender is entrusted with the custody of the minor; Art 267: offender NOT
entrusted
Art 270 is necessarily included in Art 267 inasmuch as the necessary elements of
the offense charged form part of the offense proved.

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Art. 124. Arbitrary detention.
Penalty:
arresto mayor max to prisión
correctional: detention < 3 days
prisión correccional med/max:
>3 days, < 15 days
prision mayor: > 15 days, < 6
mos
Reclusion temporal: > 6months
Art. 125. Delay in the delivery of
detained persons to the proper
judicial authorities.
Penalty: 10 years and 1 day to 12
years imprisonment
Abduction - taking away of a woman from her house or the place where she may be for the purpose of carrying her to another place with intent to marry or to corrupt her; Art 342, 343
Art. 342. Forcible abduction
Penalty: reclusion temporal
1. That the offender is a public officer or employee.
2. That he detains a person.
3.That the detention is without legal grounds.
1. That the offender is a public officer or employee.
2. That he has detained a person for some legal ground.
3. That he fails to deliver such person to the proper judicial authorities
within:
a. twelve (12) hours, for crimes or offenses punishable by light penalties,
or their equivalent; or
b. eighteen (18) hours, for crimes or offenses punishable by correctional
penalties, or their equivalent; or
c. thirty-six (36) hours, for crimes or offenses punishable by afflictive or
capital penalties, or their equivalent.
Abduction
1. That the person abducted is any woman, regardless of her age, civil status, or
reputation.
2. That the abduction is against her will.
3.That the abduction is with lewd designs.
private individuals who conspired with public officers in detaining certain
policemen are guilty of arbitrary detention.
Public Officers: must be vested with authority to detain or order the detention of
persons accused of a crime
NO AUTHORITY/ACTING IN PRIVATE CAP.: Illegal Detention
Lawful warrantless arrest: Caught in flagrante delicto (red handed/just committed
an offense), Escaping prisoners, officer has probable cause
Private Individual:illegal detention
Does not apply when arrest is lawful
Act punished: failure to deliver the person arrested to the proper judicial authority
within the period specified therein.
Delivery to the proper judicial authority = making an accusation or charge or filing
of an information against the person arrested against the corresponding judge or
court whereby the latter acquires jurisdiction over the person
Reason: prevent abuse
Art 124: detention illegal from the beginning; Art 125: legal in the beginning
Taking away may be accomplished by means of deceit first then by means of
violence and intimidation
Voluntary 12 YO: forcible abduction, ALWAYS
Nature: the act of the offender is violative of the individual liberty of the abducted,
her honor and reputation, and of public order
Forcible abduction in comparison to grave coercion: no lewd designs, no
deprivation of liberty for an appreciable length of time - grave coercion
Deprivation of liberty, no lewd designs - kidnapping and serious illegal detention
violent taking motivated by lewd designs, crime is forcible abduction (crime
against chastity)
Forcible abduction with rape - ONLY for the first rape, succeeding acts of rape are
to be construed separately
ABSORBED in consummated RAPE, if RAPE is purpose
ATTEMPTED RAPE is absorbed here
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Art. 343. Consented abduction
Penalty: prision correccional in
its minimum and medium
periods
Art. 282. Grave threats
Art. 283. Light threats
1. That the offended party must be a virgin.
2. That she must be over 12 and under 18 years of age.
3.That the taking away of the offended party must be with her consent, after
solicitation or cajolery from the offender.
4.That the taking away of the offended party must be with lewd designs.
I. Elements whereoffender attained his purpose:
1. That the offender threatens another person with the infliction upon the
latter's person, honor or property, or upon that of the latter's family,
of any wrong
2. That such wrong amounts to a crime.
3.That there is a demand for money or that any other condition is
imposed, even though not unlawful.
4.That the offender attains his purpose
Penalty: next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for the crime be
threatened to commit (purpose attained)
Penalty: lower by two degrees shall be imposed (purpose not attained)
II. Elementsnot subject to a condition:
1. That the offender threatens another person with the infliction upon the
latter's person, honor, or property, or upon that of the latter's family,
of any wrong.
2. That such wrong amounts to a crime.
3.That the threat is not subject to a condition
Penalty: arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 500 pesos
III. Third form of grave threats must be serious and deliberate
1. Made with the deliberate purpose of creating in the mind of the person
threatened the belief that the threats will be carried into effect
2. Threat should not be made in the heat of anger (Art 285, Par 2, RPC)
3.No condition imposed or no demand for money
1. That the offender makes a threat to commit a wrong.
2. That the wrong does not constitute a crime.
contemplates that the accused be an active physical agency instrumental in
causing the female to leave or abandon her house.
Purpose of this law: not for the girl as she consents thereto but but to prescribe
punishment for the disgrace to her family and the alarm caused therein by the
disappearance of the one who is, by her age and sex, susceptible to cajolery and
deceit.
no solicitation or cajolery and no deceit and the girl voluntarily went with the man:
no crime committed even if they had sexual intercourse
The threat must be to inflict a wrong amounting to a crime upon the person, honor,
or property of the offended party or that of his family
Art 282, Paragraph 1 - demand for money
Qualifying circumstance: MAXIMUM PERIOD PENALTY
Made in writing
Through a middle man
Eg. Paera - separate criminal liabilities
Consummated once victim knows about the threat
Essential Element: Intimidation
Act threatened to be done MUST be WRONG
If there is another crime actually committed or the objective of the offender
is another crime, and the threat is only a means to commit it or a mere
incident in its commission, the threat is absorbed by the other crime.
if the threat was made with the deliberate purpose of creating in the
mind of the person threatened, the belief that the threat would be carried
into effect, the crime committed is grave threats, and the minor crime which
accompanied it should be disregarded
The offender of grave threats does not demand the delivery on the spot of the
money or other personal property asked by him
Act threatened: not a crime
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Penalty: arresto mayor
Art. 284. Bond for good behavior
Art. 285. Other light threats
Penalty: arresto menor in its
minimum period or a fine not
exceeding 200 pesos.
Art. 286. Grave coercions
Penalty: arresto mayor and a
fine not exceeding 500 pesos
3.That there is a demand for money or that other condition is
imposed, even though not unlawful.
4.That the offender has attained his purpose or, that he has not attained
his purpose.
Forms of other light threats:
1. By threatening another with a weapon, or by drawing such weapon in a
quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense.
2. By orally threatening another, in the heat of anger, with some harm (not)
constituting a crime, without persisting in the idea involved in his threat.
Note: The word "not" in this paragraph is enclosed in parenthesis, because the
inclusion of that word in paragraph 2 of Art. 285 is a mistake.
3.By orally threatening to do another any harm not constituting a felony
1. That a person prevented another from doing something not prohibited by
law, or that he compelled him to do something against his will, be it
right or wrong;
2. That the prevention or compulsion be effected by violence, threats or
intimidation; and
3.That the person that restrained the will and liberty of another had not the
authority of law or the right to do so, or, in other words, that the restraint
shall not be made under authority of law or in the exercise of any
lawful right.
PURPOSE: to enforce the principle that no person may take the law into
his hands, and that our government is one of law, not one of men
A person who takes the law into his hands with violence, is guilty of grave
coercion
Requires that there be a demand for money or that other condition be imposed
May amount to Blackmailing
Blackmailing - the unlawful extortion of money by an appeal to the fear of the
victim, or by threats of accusation or exposure
Applicable only to cases of grave threats and light threats
If offender fails to give bail, he shall be sentenced to destierro
Note that this is an additional penalty
No demand for money
No condition imposed when the offender threatens another with a weapon
Case does not fall in subdivision 2 of Art 282
Coercion by preventing
thing prevented from execution must not be prohibited by law; otherwise there will
be no coercion
force must be made at the time the offended party was doing or about to do the
act to be prevented. If the act was already done when violence is exerted, the
crime is unjust vexation.
the person coercing must have restrained his victim from doing something, not
prohibited by law, at the time he wanted to do it. The coercing person must
have exerted violence on his victim at the very moment that the latter is doing or
is about to do something he wants to do
Coercion by compelling
consummated even if the offender failed to accomplish his purpose.
Intimidation is intended to control the will of the offended party
Violence is employed to seize anything belonging to the debtor of the offender --
crime is light coercion
Force or violence must be immediate, actual, or imminent
The person who restrains the will and liberty of another has not the right to
do so as a private person or does not act in the exercise of a duty in the
case of a person with a duty to perform or with authority as a public
function
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Art. 287. Light coercions.
Penalty: arresto mayor in its
minimum period and a fine
equivalent to the value of the
thing, but in no case less than
75 pesos
Art. 156. Delivering prisoners
from jail.
Penalty: arresto mayor max -
prisión correccional min
Art. 157. Evasion of service of
sentence
Penalty: Destierro
Art. 158. Evasion of service of
sentence on the occasion of
disorders, conflagrations,
earthquakes, or other
calamities.
Art. 223. Conniving with or
consenting to evasion
1. That there is a person confined in a jail or penal establishment.
2. That the offender removes therefrom such person, or helps the escape of such
a person.
1. That the offender is a convict by final judgment.
2. That he is serving his sentence which consists in deprivation of liberty.
3.That he evades the service of his sentence by escaping during the term of his
sentence.
1. That the offender is a convict by final judgment, who is confined in a penal
institution.
2. That there is disorder, resulting from —
a. Conflagration,
b. Earthquake,
c. Explosion,
d. similar catastrophe, or
e. mutiny in which he has not participated.
3.That the offender evades the service of his sentence by leaving the penal
institution where he is confined, on the occasion of such disorder or during
the mutiny.
4.That the offender fails to give himself up to the authorities within 48 hours
following the issuance of a proclamation by the Chief Executive announcing
the passing away of such calamity.
1. That the offender is a public officer.
seize anything belonging to his debtor for the purpose of applying the same to the
payment of the debt, shall suffer the penalty
Prisoners may be under detention only; A prisoner is criminally
liable for leaving the penal institution only when there is evasion of the
service of his sentence, which can be committed only by a convict by final
judgment.
Hospital or asylum considered extension of jail or prison.
Qualifying: Violence, intimidation or bribery
Generic: receiving or agreeing to receive a bribe as a consideration for
committing the offense
Liable as Accessory if crime of escapee is: treason, murder, or parricide
Detention prisoners and minor delinquents who escape from confinement are not
liable for evasion of service of sentence.
Escape - unlawful departure of prisoner from the limits of his custody
only a convict by final judgment can "evade the service of his sentence."
refers to those convicts who, having evaded the service
of their sentences by leaving the penal institution, give themselves up within
two days.
What is punished: failure of convict to give himself up to the authorities within 48
hours after the proclamation announcing the passing away of the calamity
Mutiny - organized unlawful resistance to a superior officer; a revolt
Indispensable elements:
1. Connivance - agreement between the p[risoner and public officer
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Art. 224. Evasion through
negligence
Penalty: final judgment,
destierro
Detention prisoner: no criminal
liability
Art. 225. Escape of prisoner
under the custody of a person
not a public officer.
Art. 128. Violation of domicile.
Penalty: prisión correccional in
minimum
Art. 280. Qualified trespass to
dwelling (any building
exclusively devoted for rest and
comfort)
2. That he had in his custody or charge, a prisoner, either detention prisoner or
prisoner by final judgment.
3.That such prisoner escaped from his custody.
4.That he was in connivance with the prisoner in the latter's escape. (U.S. vs.
Bandino, 29 Phil. 459)
1. That the offender is a public officer.
2. That he is charged with the conveyance or custody of a prisoner, either
detention prisoner or prisoner by final judgment.
3.That such prisoner escapes through his negligence.
1. That the offender is a private person.
2. That the conveyance or custody of a prisoner or person under arrest is
confided to him.
3.That the prisoner or person under arrest escapes.
4.That the offender consents to the escape of the prisoner or person under
arrest, or that the escape takes place through his negligence.
1. That the offender is a public officer or employee.
2. That he is not authorized by judicial order to enter the dwelling and/or to
make a search therein for papers or other effects.
Acts punished:
1. By entering any dwelling against the will of the owner thereof; or
2. By searching papers or other effects found therein without the previous
consent of such owner; or
3.By refusing to leave the premises, after having surreptitiously entered said
dwelling and after having been required to leave the same.
1. That the offender is a private person.
2. That he enters the dwelling of another.
3. That such entrance is against the latter's will
2. Escape
Prisoners involved: fugitive sentenced by final judgment; detention prisoner
Prisoner includes detention prisoner
positive carelessness that is short of deliberate non-performance of his duties as
guard that is the gravamen of the crime of infidelity under Art. 224.
not applicable if a private person was the one who made the arrest and he
consented to the escape of the person he arrested.
no search warrant.
The entrance by the public officer or employee must be against the will of the
owner of the dwelling, which presupposes opposition or prohibition by said
owner, whether express or implied.
Only without consent: crime not committed
No amount of incriminating evidence, whatever its source, will supply the place of
search warrant. (McLurg vs. Brenton, 123 Iowa, 368)
Silence of owner: implied waiver
What is punished: refusal of the offender to leave the premises when required to
do so
Qualifying: nighttime, papers/effects not evidence not returned immediately
Qualifying: committed by violence or intimidation (may take place after entrance)
the entrance by the accused should be against the presumed or express
prohibition of the occupant, and the lack of permission should not be confused
with prohibition
whoever enters the dwelling of another at late hour of the night after the inmates
have retired and closed their doors does so against their will. Under these
circumstances an express prohibition is not necessary, as it is presumed.
There is qualified trespass as long as there is violence or intimidation
employed, notwithstanding the fact that the door of the house was already
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Art. 281. Other forms of trespass
Art. 320. Destructive arson.
Art. 324. Crimes involving
destruction.
Art. 326. Setting fire to property
open and there was no express prohibition to the entry
1. That the offender enters the closed premises or the fenced estate of another. Premises - defined locality
2. That the entrance is made while either of them is uninhabited.
3. That the prohibition to enter be manifest.
Trespass to dwelling Other forms of trespass
4.That the trespasser has not secured the permission of the owner or the
caretaker thereof. Private person Any person
Enters dwelling Enters closed premises
Place entered is inhabited uninhabited
Entering against the will of owner Without permission of owner
Prohibition to enter may be express or Prohibition must be manifest
implied
contemplates the malicious burning of structures, both public and private, hotels,
buildings, edifices, trains, vessels, aircraft, factories and other military,
government or commercial establishments by any person or group of persons
The nature of Destructive Arson is distinguished from Simple Arson by the degree
of perversity or viciousness of the criminal offender.
1. The offender causes destruction.
2. .Destruction is caused by any of the following means:
a. Explosion
b. discharge of electric current
c. inundation, sinking or stranding of a vessel, or intentional damaging of
the engine of said vessel
d. taking up the rails from a railway track
e. maliciously changing railway signals for the safety of moving train
destroying telegraph wires and telegraph posts, or those of any other
system
f. using any other agency or means of destruction as effective as those
above enumerated
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exclusively owned by
the offender.
P.D. 1613. Arson. Punishable acts under PD 1613
1. Burning or setting fire to the property of another; and
2. Setting fire to his own property under circumstances which expose to danger
the life or property of another (Sec. 1).
Simple arson
When the property burned is:
1. Any building used as offices of the government or any of its agencies;
2. Any inhabited house or dwelling;
3. Any industrial establishment, shipyard, oil well or mine shaft, platform or
tunnel;
4. Any plantation, farm, pastureland, growing crop, grain field, orchard, bamboo
grove or forest;
5. Any rice mill, sugar mill, cane mill or mill central; or
6. Any railway or bus station, airport, wharf or warehouse (Sec. 3).
Commission of destructive Arson
Any person who shall burn:
a. One or more buildings or edifices, consequent to one single act of burning, or
as a result of simultaneous burnings, or committed on several or different
occasions;
b. Any building of public or private ownership, devoted to the public in general
or where people usually gather or congregate for a definite purpose such as,
but not limited to official governmental function or business, private
transaction, commerce, trade workshop, meetings and conferences or merely
incidental to a definite purpose such as but not limited to hotels, motels,
transient dwellings, public conveyance or stops or terminals, regardless of
whether the offender had knowledge that there are persons in said building
or edifice at the time it is set on fire and regardless also of whether the
building is actually inhabited or not; (BAR 1994)
c. Any train or locomotive, ship or vessel, airship or airplane, devoted to
transportation or conveyance, or for public use, entertainment or leisure;
d. Any building, factory, warehouse installation and any appurtenances thereto,
which are devoted to the service of public utilities; or
e. Any building the burning of which is for the purpose of concealing or
destroying
No frustrated stage
consummated even if only a portion of the wall or any part of the house is burned.
intent is to destroy property; intent to kill: murder by means of fire
Premeditation is inherent
Aggravating circumstance under PD 1613
1. If committed with intent to gain.
2. If committed for the benefit of another.
3. If the offender is motivated by spite or hatred towards the owner or occupant of
the property burned.
4. If committed by a syndicate.
NOTE: If the foregoing circumstance(s) are present, the penalty shall be imposed
to its maximum period (Sec. 4).
Circumstances which shall constitute as prima facie evidence of arson
1. If the fire started simultaneously in more than one part of the building or
establishment.
2. If a substantial amount of flammable substances or materials are stored within
the building not of the offender nor for household use.
3. If gasoline, kerosene, or other flammable or combustible substances or
materials soaked therewith or containers thereof, or any mechanical, electrical,
chemical or electronic contrivance designed to start a fire or ashes or traces of
any of the foregoing are found in the ruins or premises of the burned building or
property.
4. If the building or property is insured for substantially more than its actual value
at the time of the issuance of the policy.
5. If during the lifetime of the corresponding fire insurance policy, more than two
fires have occurred in the same or other premises owned or under the control of
the offender and/or insured.
6. If shortly before the fire, a substantial portion of the effects insured and stored
in a building or property had been withdrawn from the premises except in the
ordinary course of business.
7. If a demand for money or other valuable consideration was made before the fire
in exchange for the desistance of the offender or for the safety of the person or
property of the victim
Destructive Arson vis-à-vis Simple Arson under PD No. 1613
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Art. 327. Malicious Mischief
Art. 328. Special cases of
malicious mischief
Art. 329. Other Mischiefs
Art. 330. Damage and
obstruction to means of
communication
Art. 331. Destroying or
damaging statues, public
monuments or paintings
Art. 217. Malversation by
Two or more persons or by a group of persons, regardless of whether their The nature of Destructive Arson is distinguished from Simple Arson by the degree
purpose is merely to burn or destroy the building or the burning merely of perversity or viciousness of the criminal offender.
constitutes an overt act in the commission of another violation of law.
Any person who shall burn:
a. Any arsenal, shipyard, storehouse or military powder or fireworks factory,
ordinance, storehouse, archives or general museum of the Government.
b. In an inhabited place, any storehouse or factory of inflammable or explosive
materials.
1. Offender deliberately caused damage to the property of another;
2. Such act does not constitute arson or other crimes involving destruction; and
3. Act of damaging another’s property be committed merely for the sake of
damaging it.
willful damaging of another’s property by any act not constituting arson or
crimes of destruction due to hate, revenge or mere pleasure of destroying.
Punishable acts under this article The cases of malicious mischief under this article is also called qualified
1. Causing damage to obstruct the performance of public functions; malicious mischief
2. Using any poisonous or corrosive substance;
3. Spreading any infections among cattle; and
4. Causing damage to the property of the National Museum or National Library,
or to any archive or registry, waterworks, road, promenade, or any other thing
used in common by the public.
Basis of penalty under this Article: The value of the damage caused
Other mischiefs not included in Art. 328
Damaging railway, telegraph, or telephone lines
Qualifying: if damage result in derailment of cars, collision, or other accident
^ should not be purposely sought for
Persons liable for this crime
1. Any person who shall destroy or damage statues or any other useful or
ornamental public monuments
2. Any person who shall destroy or damage any useful or ornamental painting of a
public nature.
1. Offender is a public officer; Punishable acts
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appropriating, 2. He had the custody or control of funds or property by reason of the duties of
misappropriating or permitting his office;
any other person to take public 3. Those funds or property were public funds or property for which he was
funds or property accountable; and
4. He appropriated, took, misappropriated or consented, or through
abandonment negligence, permitted another person to take them.
Accountable Officer: one who has custody or control of public funds or property
by reason of the duties of his office
It is not necessary that the offender actually misappropriated the funds. It is
enough that he has violated the trust reposed on him in connection with the
property.
Art. 220. Illegal use of property 1. Offender is a public officer;
Technical Malversation 2. There is public fund or property under his administration;
3. Such public fund or property has been appropriated by law or ordinance; and
4. He applies the same to a public use other than that for which such fund or
property has been appropriated by law or ordinance.
Criminal intent not an element
Art. 222. OFFICERS INCLUDED IN Private individuals who may be liable under Art.217-221
THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS 1. Private individual who in any capacity whatsoever, have charge of any
national, provincial or municipal funds, revenue or property;
2. Administrator, depository of funds or property attached, seized or deposited
by public authority even if such property belongs to a private individual;
3. Those who acted in conspiracy in malversation; and
4. Accomplice and accessories to malversation.
Art. 293. Robbery Elements of robbery in general
1. There is personal property belonging to another; (BAR 1992, 1996)
taking of personal property 2. There is unlawful taking of that property;
belonging to another, with intent 3. Taking must be with intent to gain; and
to gain, by means of violence 4. There is violence against or intimidation of any person or force upon things.
against or intimidation of any (BAR 1992, 2002, 2005)
1. Appropriating public funds or property;
2. Taking or misappropriating the same;
3. Consenting, or through abandonment or negligence, permitting any other
person to take such public funds or property; and
4. Being otherwise guilty of the misappropriation or malversation of such funds or
property.
NOTE: The nature of the duties of the public officer and not the name of the office
controls (People v. Reyes, SB Case No. 26892, August 15, 2006).
All that is necessary for conviction is proof that the accountable officer had
received the public funds and failed to account the said funds upon demand
without offering a justifiable explanation for shortage
public officer applies public funds under his administration not for his or another’s
personal use, but to a public use other than that for which the fund was
appropriated by law or ordinance.
How Technical Malversation is committed
Instead of applying it to the public purpose for which the fund or property was
already appropriated by law, the public officer applied it to another purpose.
NOTE: In the absence of a law or ordinance appropriating the public fund
allegedly technically malversed, the use thereof for another public purpose will not
make the accused guilty of violation of Art. 220 of the RPC (Abdulla v. People, G.R.
No. 150129, April 6, 2005).
The word administrator used does not include judicial administrator appointed to
administer the estate of a deceased person because he is not in charge of any
property attached, impounded or placed in deposit by public authority.
Conversion of effects in his trust makes him liable for estafa.
Classification of robbery
1. Robbery with violence against, or intimidation of persons (Arts. 294, 297, and
298)
2. Robbery by the use of force upon things (Arts. 299 and 302).
Personal property is the subject of Robbery
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person or using force upon
anything.
Intent to gain: presumed
NOTE: Robberies committed in different houses constitute separate crimes of
robbery. But if the robberies are committed upon different victims on the same Occurrence of violence and intimidation
occasion and in the same place only one robbery is committed as the robberies GR: Violence or intimidation must be present before the taking of personal
are mere incidents of a single criminal intent. property is complete.
XPN: But when violence results in homicide, rape intentional mutilation or any of
Robbery with Homicide the serious physical injuries penalized under pars. 1 and 2 of Art 263, the taking of
1. The taking of personal property with violence or intimidation against persons; the personal property is robbery complexed with any of those crimes under Art.
2. The property taken belongs to another; 294, even if the taking was already complete when the violence was used by the
3. The taking was done with animo lucrandi; and offender.
4. On the occasion of the robbery or by reason thereof, homicide was committed
(People v. Baccay, 284 SCRA 296; People v. Mantung, G.R. No. 130372, July 20,
1999).
NOTE: Homicide as used in paragraph (1) of Article 294 is to be understood in
its generic sense as to include parricide and murder REGARDLESS of number of
deaths

Robbery with Rape

1. The taking of personal property is committed with violence or intimidation
against persons;
2. The property taken belongs to another;
3. The taking is characterized by intent to gain or animus lucrandi; and
4. The robbery is accompanied by rape.

Rape was committed by reason or on the occasion of a robbery and not the
other way around. the additional rape is not considered as an aggravating
circumstance in the crime of robbery and rape.

Art. 297. ATTEMPTED AND It applies when homicide is committed on the occasion of an attempted or
FRUSTRATED ROBBERY frustrated robbery
COMMITTED UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES The clause “unless the homicide committed shall deserve a higher penalty under
the provisions of this code” may be illustrated thus: In an attempted or frustrated
robbery, the killing of the victim is qualified by treachery or relationship. The
proper penalty for murder or parricide shall be imposed because it is more severe.

Art. 299. ROBBERY IN AN robbery with force upon things If no entry was effected, even though force may have been employed in the taking
INHABITED HOUSE OR PUBLIC 1. Offender entered an inhabited house, or public building, or edifice devoted to of the property from within the premises, the crime will only be theft.
BUILDING OR EDIFICE DEVOTED religious Worship;
TO WORSHIP 2. Entrance was effected by any of the following means:
a. Through an opening not intended for entrance or egress;

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b. By breaking any wall, roof, or floor or breaking any door or window;
c. By using false keys, picklocks or similar tools, or
d. By using any fictitious name or pretending the exercise of public authority.
The whole body of the culprit must be inside the building to constitute
entering.
3. Once inside the building, the offender took personal property belonging to
another with intent to gain.

Elements of the 2nd kind of robbery with force upon things under Art. 299
1. Offender is inside a dwelling house, public building or edifice devoted to
religious worship, regardless of circumstances under which he entered it; and
2. Offender takes personal property belonging to another, with intent to gain,
under any of the following circumstances:
a. By the breaking of doors, wardrobes, chests, or any other kind of locked or
sealed furniture or receptacle, or door. Door refers only to “doors, lids or
opening sheets” of furniture or other portable receptacles, not to inside doors
of a house or building.
b. By taking such furniture or objects away to be broken or forced open outside
the place of the robbery.

NOTE: The crime committed would be estafa or theft, if the locked or sealed
receptacle is forced open in the building where it is kept and not taken away to
be broken outside

Art. 300. ROBBERY IN AN Robbery with force upon things (Art. 299), in order to be qualified, must be
UNINHABITED PLACE committed in an uninhabited place and by a band (Art. 300) while robbery with
AND BY A BAND violence against or intimidation of persons must be committed in an uninhabited
place or by a band (Art. 295).

Art. 301.

Art. 302. ROBBERY IN AN 1. Offender entered an uninhabited place or a building which was not a
UNINHABITED PLACE OR IN A dwelling house, not a public building, or not an edifice devoted to religious
PRIVATE BUILDING worship;
2. Any of the following circumstances was present:
a. Entrance was effected through an opening not intended for entrance or
egress
NOTE: If the entrance was made through the door which was open, or closed
but unlocked, and not through the window, the person who took personal
property from the house with intent to gain is guilty only of theft and not robbery.

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Art. 303. ROBBERY OF CEREALS,
FRUITS, OR FIREWOOD IN AN
UNINHABITED PLACE OR
PRIVATE BUILDING
Art. 304. POSSESSION OF
PICKLOCKS OR SIMILAR TOOLS
Art. 308. Theft
any person who, with intent
to gain but without violence
against or intimidation
of persons nor force upon
things, shall take personal
Where an opening created by the accidental bumping of a vehicle in the store’s
wall was made the entrance of the malefactor, the taking of the personal
property inside the store is robbery and not theft because the hole is not
intended for entrance or egress.
b. Wall, roof, floor, or outside door or window was broken Like Robbery in an
inhabited house, the breaking should be made in order to effect the entrance
into the place. So if the wall, roof, floor etc. was broken in the course of
escaping, the act committed is not Robbery.
c. Entrance was effected through the use of false keys, picklocks or other similar
tools
d. Door, wardrobe, chest, or any sealed or closed furniture or receptacle was
broken
e. Closed or sealed receptacle was removed, even if the same be broken open
elsewhere Under letters d and e, the robber did not enter through a window or
effected entrance by breaking the floor, door, wall, etc., otherwise these
circumstances by themselves already make the act as that of robbery. In these
2 cases, the robbers entered through the door, and once inside, broke
wardrobe, sealed or close receptacles etc., or took away closed or sealed
receptacle to be broken elsewhere.
3. With intent to gain, the offender took therefrom personal property belonging
to another.
applies when the robbery was committed by the use of force upon things, Place: must be a building which is not an inhabited house or public building or
without violence against or intimidation of any person in a inhabited house, edifice to religious worship.
public building, or edifice devoted to religious worship (Art. 299) or in an
uninhabited place or private building (Art. 302).
1. Offender has in his possession picklocks or similar tools;
2. Such picklocks or similar tools are specially adapted to the commission of
robbery; and
3. Offender does not have lawful cause for such possession.
Elements No crime of frustrated theft
1. There is taking of personal property;
2. Property taken belongs to another;
3. Taking was done with intent to gain;
4. Taking was done without the consent of the owner; and
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property of another without the 5. Taking is accomplished without the use of violence against or intimidation of
latter’s consent. persons of force upon things (Baltazar v. People, G.R. No.164545, November 20,
2006).

Art. 310 Qualified Theft 1. If theft is committed by adomestic servant;

2. If the theft is committed withgrave abuse of confidence;
NOTE: If the offense is to be qualified by abuse of confidence, the abuse must
be grave, like an accused who was offered food and allowed to sleep in the
house of the complainant out of the latter’s pity and charity, but stole the latter’s
money in his house when he left the place.
3. If the property stolen is amotor vehicle, mail matter or large cattle;
4. If the property stolen consist ofcoconuts taken from the premises of a
plantation;
5. If the property stolen isfish taken from a fishpond or fishery; or
6. If property is taken on theoccasion of fire, earthquake, typhoon, volcanic
eruption, or any other calamity, vehicular accident or civil disturbance.

Art. 296. ROBBERY COMMITTED
BY A BAND
A member of the band is liable for any of the assaults committed by the other
members thereof, when the following requisites concur:
a. That he was a member of the band
b. That he was present at the commission of a robbery by that band
c. That the other members of the band committed an assault
d. That he did not attempt to prevent the assault
Special Aggravating: If any unlicensed firearm is used, the penalty imposed upon
all the malefactors shall be the maximum of the corresponding penalty provided
by law, without prejudice to the criminal liability for illegal possession of such
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Art. 315. SWINDLING (ESTAFA) Elements of estafa in general Robbery-Theft-Estafa
1. Accused defrauded another by abuse of confidence or by means of deceit –
This covers the three different ways of committing estafa under Art. 315, thus:
a. With unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence;
b. By means of false pretenses or fraudulent acts; or
c. Through fraudulent means
2. Damage or prejudice capable of pecuniary estimation is caused to the
offended party or third person.

Illustration: When the accused deceived the complainants into believing that
there were indeed jobs waiting for them in Taiwan, and the latter sold their
carabaos, mortgaged or sold their parcels of land and even contracted loan to
raise the P40,000.00 placement fee required of them by the accused, the
assurances given by the latter made the complainants part with whatever
resources they had, clearly establishing deceit and damage which constitute
the elements of estafa under PD 115 (Trust Receipts Law):

a. The failure of the entrustee to turn over the proceeds of the sale of the goods,
documents, or instruments covered by a trust receipt, to the extent of the
amount owing to the entruster, or as appearing in the trust receipt; or
b. The failure to return said goods, documents, or instruments if they were not
sold or disposed of in accordance with the terms of the trust receipt.

Elements of estafa with unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence under Art. 315 (1)
1. Under paragraph (a):
a. Offender has an onerous obligation to deliver something of value;
b. He alters its substance, quantity, or quality; and
c. Damage or prejudice is caused to another.

Illustration: Where the accused is bound by virtue of a contract of sale, payment

having been received to deliver first class of rice (e.g. milagrosa) but delivered
an inferior kind, or that he bound himself to deliver 1000 sacks but delivered
less than 1000 because the other sacks were filled with different materials, he is
guilty of estafa with unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence by altering the
quantity or quality of anything of value by virtue of an obligation to
do so.

Under paragraph (b):

a. Money, goods, or other personal property is received by the offender in trust,
or on commission, or for administration, or under any other obligation
involving the duty to make delivery of, or to return, the same;
b. There is misappropriation or conversion of such money or property by the
offender, or denial on his part of such receipt;
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c. Such misappropriation or conversion or denial is to the prejudice of another;
and
d. There is a demand made by the offended party to the offender.

Under paragraph (c):

a. The paper with the signature of the offended party is in blank;
b. Offended party delivered it to the offender;
c. Above the signature of the offended party, a document is written by the
offender without authority to do so; and
d. The document so written creates a liability of, or causes damage to, the
offended party or any third person.

Elements of estafa by means of false pretenses or fraudulent acts under Article

315 (2)
1. Under paragraph (a) –
a. Using fictitious name;
b. Falsely pretending to possess power, influence, qualifications, property,
credit, agency, business or imaginary transactions; or
c. By means of other similar deceits.

2. Under paragraph (b) – Altering the quality, fineness, or weight of anything

pertaining to his art or business.

3. Under paragraph (c) – Pretending to have bribed any government employee,

without prejudice to the action for calumny which the offended party may
deem proper to bring against the offender.

4. Under paragraph (d) – postdating a check or issuing a check in payment of

an obligation.

5. Under paragraph (e) –

a. By obtaining food, refreshment or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant,
boarding house, lodging house or apartment house without paying therefor,
with intent to defraud the proprietor or the manager thereof;
b. By obtaining credit at any of said establishments by the use of any false
pretense; or
c. By abandoning or surreptitiously removing any part of his baggage from any
of said establishments after obtaining credit, food, refreshment or
accommodation therein, without paying therefor.

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RA 10883 ANTI-CARNAPPING
LAW
the taking, with intent to gain, of
a motor vehicle belonging to
another without the latter’s
consent, or by means of
violence against or intimidation
of persons, or by using force
upon things
Art. 318. Other Deceits
Art. 332. PERSONS EXEMPT
FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY
IN CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Art. 168. ILLEGAL POSSESSION
AND USE OF FALSE TREASURY
OR BANK NOTES AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTS OF CREDIT
Art. 171. FALSIFICATION BY
PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR
NOTARY OR ECCLESSIASTICAL
MINISTER
1. That there is an actual taking of the vehicle;
2. That the vehicle belongs to a person other than the offender himself;
3. That the taking is without the consent of the owner thereof; or that the taking
was committed by means of violence against or intimidation of persons, or by
using force upon things; and
4. That the offender intends to gain from the taking of the vehicle
1. Defrauding or damaging another by any other deceit not mentioned in the Deceits in this article include false pretenses and fraudulent acts.
preceding articles; and
2. Interpreting dreams, making forecasts, telling fortunes, or taking advantage
of the credulity of the public in any other similar manner, for profit or gain.
Crimes involved in this Article 1. Spouses, ascendants and descendants, or relatives by affinity in the same line;
1. Theft; 2. The widowed spouse with respect to the property which belonged to the
2. Swindling (estafa); and deceased spouse before the same passed into the possession of another; and
3. Malicious mischief. 3. Brothers and sisters and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, if living together.
The exemption does not apply to strangers participating in the commission of the
If any of the crimes is complexed with another crime, such as Estafa thru offense.
Falsification, Art. 332 is not applicable. Reason: presumed co-ownership of the property
1. That any treasury or bank note or certificate or other obligation and security NOTE: But a person in possession of falsified document and who makes use of the
payable to bearer, or any instrument payable to order or other document of same is presumed to be the material author of falsification.
credit not payable to bearer is forged or falsified by another person;
2. That the offender knows that any of the said instruments is forged or falsified;
3. That he either used or possessed with intent to use any of such forged or
falsified instruments.
1. That the offender is a public officer, employee, or notary public; Persons liable under Art. 171
1. Public officer, employees, or notary public who takes advantage of official
2. That he takes advantage of his official position: position;
a. He has the duty to make or prepare or to otherwise intervene in the 2. Ecclesiastical minister if the act of falsification may affect the civil status of
preparation of the document; or persons; or
b. He has the official custody of the document which he falsifies; and 3. Private individual, if in conspiracy with public officer
3. That he falsifies a document by committing any of the following acts (BAR
2008):
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a. Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature, or rubric.
Elements:
i. That there be an intent to imitate, or an attempt to imitate; and
ii. That the two signatures or handwritings, the genuine and the forged bear
some resemblance to each other.

NOTE: The Spanish text of Art. 171 is “fingiendo” or feigning (for imitation). In
feigning, there is no original signature, handwriting or rubric, but a forgery of a
signature, handwriting or rubric that does not exist.

b. Causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act or proceeding

when they did not in fact so participate.
Elements:
i. That the offender caused it to appear in a document that a person or persons
participated in an act or a proceeding; and
ii. That such person or persons did not in fact so participate in the act or
proceeding.

c. Attributing to persons who have participated in an act or proceeding

statements other than those in fact made by them.
Elements:
i. That a person or persons participated in an act or a proceeding;
ii. That such person or persons made statements in that act or proceeding;
iii. That the offender, in making a document, attributed to such person or
persons statements other than those in fact made by such person or persons.
d. Making untruthful statements in a narration of facts.
Elements:
i. That the offender makes in a document untruthful statements in a narration of
facts;
ii. That he has legal obligation to disclose the truth of the facts narrated by him;

NOTE: There is a law requiring the disclosure of truth of the facts narrated

iii. The facts narrated by the offender are absolutely false; and
NOTE: The perversion of truth in the narration of facts must be made with
the wrongful intent of injuring a third person.
iv. The untruthful narration must be such as to affect the integrity of the
document or to change the effects which it would otherwise produce.

e. Altering true dates.

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There is falsification under this paragraph only when the date mentioned in the
document is essential. The alteration of the date in a document must affect
either the veracity of the document of the effects thereof.

f. Making any alteration or intercalation in a genuine document which changes

its meaning.
Elements:
i. That there be an alteration (change) or intercalation (insertion) on a document;
ii. That it was made on a genuine document;
iii. That the alteration or intercalation had changed the meaning of the
document; and
iv. That the change made the document speak something false.
The alteration which makes a document speak the truth does not constitute
falsification.

g. Issuing in authenticated form a document purporting to be a copy of an

original document when no such original exists, or including in such copy a
statement contrary to, or different from, that of the genuine original.
NOTE: The acts of falsification mentioned in this paragraph cannot be
committed by a private individual or by a notary public or a public officer who
does not take advantage of his official position.

h. Intercalating any instrument or note relative to the issuance thereof in a

protocol, registry or official book.

4. In case the offender is an ecclesiastical minister, the act of falsification is

committed with respect to any record or document of such character that its
falsification may affect the civil status of persons.

Art. 172. FALSIFICATION BY Falsification of public official or commercial document by a private individual. Good faith is a defense if a private individual falsified a public document
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND Document need not be an authentic official paper
USE OF FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS a. Offender is a private individual or public officer or employee who did not take
advantage of his official position;
b. He committed any act of falsification; and
c. The falsification is committed in a public, official, or commercial document or
letter of exchange.
Under this par., damage is not essential. It is presumed.

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Falsification of private document by any person

a. Offender committed any of the acts of falsification except Art. 171 (7), that is,
issuing in an authenticated form a document purporting to be a copy of an
original document when no such original exists, or including in such a copy a
statement contrary to, or different from that of the genuine original;
b. Falsification was committed in any private document; and
c. Falsification caused damage to a third party or at least the falsification was
committed with intent to cause such damage.

Mere falsification of private document is not enough, two things are required:
a. He must have counterfeited the false document.
b. He must have performed an independent act which operates to the prejudice
of a third person

Use of falsified document.

a. In introducing in a judicial proceeding
i. Offender knew that the document was falsified by another person
ii. The falsified document is in Arts. 171 or 172 (1 or 2)
iii. He introduced said document in evidence in a judicial proceeding

Damage is not necessary in the crime of introducing in judicial proceeding a

false document.

b. In use in any other transaction

ii. Offender knew that a document was falsified by another person
ii. The false document is embraced in Arts. 171 or 172 (1 or 2)
iii. He used such document
iv. The use caused damaged to another or at least used with intent to cause
damage

NOTE: The user of the falsified document is deemed the author of the
falsification if: (1) the use was so closely connected in time with the falsification,
and (2) the user had the capacity of falsifying the document

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Art. 177. USURPATION OF 1. Usurpation of Authority – by knowingly and falsely representing oneself to be
AUTHORITY OR OFFICIAL an officer, agent or representative of any department or agency of the
FUNCTIONS Philippine Government or any foreign government.

NOTE: The mere act of knowingly and falsely representing oneself to be an

officer, etc. is sufficient. It is not necessary that he performs an act pertaining to
a public officer.
2. Usurpation of Official Functions – by performing any act pertaining to any
person in authority or public officer of the Philippine Government or of a foreign
government or any agency thereof, under pretense of official position, and
without being lawfully entitled to do so.

NOTE: It is essential that the offender should have performed an act pertaining
to a person in authority or public officer, in addition to other requirement

Art. 180. FALSE TESTIMONY 1. There is a criminal proceeding;

AGAINST A DEFENDANT 2. Offender testifies falsely under oath against the defendant therein;
3. Offender who gives false testimony knows that it is false; and
4. Defendant against whom the false testimony is given is either acquitted or
convicted in a final judgment

NOTE: Defendant must be sentenced to at least a correctional penalty or a fine

or shall have been acquitted. Thus, if arresto mayor is imposed, Art. 180 is not
applicable.

Art. 181. FALSE TESTIMONY 1. A person gives false testimony; Intent to favor the accused. False testimony in favor of a defendant need not
FAVORABLE TO THE DEFENDANT 2. In favor of the defendant; and directly influence the decision of acquittal and it need not benefit the defendant
3. In a Criminal case.
NOTE: Conviction or acquittal of defendant in principal case is not necessary

Art. 182. FALSE TESTIMONY IN
CIVIL CASES
1. Testimony must be given in a civil case; The basis of the penalty is the amount involved in the controversy
2. It must relate to the issues presented in said case;
3. It must be false;
4. It must be given by the defendant knowing the same to be false; and
5. It must be malicious and given with an intent to affect the issues presented in
said case.

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Art. 183. FALSE TESTIMONY IN
OTHER CASES AND PERJURY IN
SOLEMN AFFIRMATION
Perjury
willful and corrupt assertion of
falsehood under oath or
affirmation administered
by authority of law on a material
matter.
1. Accused made a statement under oath or executed an affidavit upon a
material matter
2. Statement or affidavit was made before a competent officer, authorized to
receive and administer oath;
3. In that statement or affidavit, the accused made a willful and deliberate
assertion of a falsehood (BAR 1996); and
4. Sworn statement or affidavit containing the falsity is required by law
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