CRIMINAL LAW ONE

(COURSE OUTLINE/SYLLABUS)

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES IN CRIMINAL LAW

A. Definitions / Characteristics / Philosophies

B. Theories and Doctrines
Doctrine of Pro Reo / Lenity Rule / Equipoise Rule / Utilitarian Theory
C. Cases
Minucher vs. Scalzo GR 142396 11 February 2003
Liang vs. People GR 125865 28 January 2000
Del Socorro vs. Van Wilsem GR 193707 10 December 2014
Hernan vs. Sandiganbayan GR 217874 05 December 2017

Ient vs. Tullett Prebon GR 189158 11 January 2017

Magno vs. CA GR 96132 26 June 1992
Tin vs. People GR 126480 10 August 2001

II. BOOK ONE, REVISED PENAL CODE and RELATED SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

A. Article 2 Territorial and Extra-Territorial Jurisdictions

Cases:
People vs. Tulin GR 111709 30 August 2001

B. Article 3 Felonies
Cases:
Manuel vs. People GR 165842 29 November 2005
Martinez vs. CA GR 168827 13 April 2007
People vs. Delim GR 142773 28 January 2003
Rivera vs. People GR 166326 25 January 2006
Mondragon vs. CA GR L-17666 30 June 1966
Fernandez vs. People GR 241557 11 December 2019

U..S vs. Ah Chong GR L-5272 19 March 1910

Yapyucu vs. Sandiganbayan GR 120744-46 25 June 2012

Loney vs. People GR 152644 10 February 2006

Padilla vs. Dizon A.C. 3086 23 January 1988
Garcia vs. CA GR 157171 14 March 2006

C. Article 4 Proximate Cause Theory and Impossible Crime Doctrine

Cases:
Garcia vs. People GR 171951 28 August 2009
Patulot vs. People GR 235071 07 January 2019
Urbano vs. IAC GR 72964 07 January 1988
People vs. Villacorta GR 186412 07 September 2011
Bataclan vs. Medina GR L-10126 22 October 1957

People vs. Flora GR 125909 23 June 2000

People vs. Adriano GR 205228 15 July 2015

People vs. Sabalones GR 123485 31 August 1998

People vs. Sales GR 177218 03 October 2011

People vs. Albuquerque GR 38773 19 December 1933
 Intod vs. CA GR 103119 21 October 1992
Jacinto vs. People GR 162540 13 July 2009

D. Article 6 Stages in the Execution of a Felony

Cases:
People vs. Lamahang GR 43530 03 August 1935
Baleros vs. People GR 138033 22 February 2006

People vs. Trinidad GR 79123-25 09 January 1989

People vs. Labiaga GR 202867 15 July 2013

Valenzuela vs. People GR 160188 21 June 2007

Canceran vs. People GR 206442 01 July 2015

People vs. Orita GR 88724 03 April 1990

People vs. Campuhan GR 129433 30 March 2000
People vs. Pareja GR 188979 05 September 2012
Cruz vs. People GR 166441 08 October 2014

E. Article 8 Conspiracy
Cases:

People vs. Carandang, et.al. GR 175926 06 July 2011

People vs. Octa GR 195196 13 July 2015
People vs. Feliciano, et.al. GR 196735 05 May 2014
Dungo vs. People GR 209464 01 July 2015
People vs. Aguilos GR 121828 27 June 2003

People vs. Bokingco GR 187536 10 August 2011

People vs. Castillo GR 132895 10 March 2004

GMA vs. People GR 220598 19 July 2016

Fernan vs. People GR 145927 24 August 2007

People vs. Morilla GR 189833 05 February 2014

Go-Tan vs. Tan GR 168852 30 September 2008

F. Article 9 Felonies according to Severity

As amended by RA 10951

G. Article 10 Suppletory Application of the RPC

Case:
Ladonga vs. People GR 141066 17 February 2005

H. Article 11 Justifying Circumstances

Include: Battered Woman Syndrome, RA 9262

Cases:
People vs. Olarbe GR 227421 23 July 2018
Ganal, Jr. vs. People GR 248130 02 December 2020
Manaban vs. CA GR 150723 11 July 2006
Senoja vs. People GR 160341 19 October 2004
People vs. Jaurigue C.A. No. 284 21 February 1946
Toledo vs. People GR 158057 24 September 2004

People vs. Ricohermoso GR L-30527-28 29 March 1974

 People vs. Delima GR L-18660 22 December 1922
People vs. Lagata GR L-1940-42 24 March 1949
Mamangun vs. People GR 149152 02 February 2007
People vs. Dagani GR 153875 16 August 2006

People vs. Beronilla GR L-4445 28 February 1955

Tabuena vs. Sandiganbayan GR 103501-03 17 February 1997

People vs. Genosa GR 135981 15 January 2004

I. Article 12 Exempting Circumstances

Include: RA 9344 as amended by RA 10630

Cases:
People vs. Taneo GR L-37673 31 March 1933
People vs. Puno GR L-33211 29 June 1981
(Read also: J. Makasiar’s Dissent)
People vs. Dungo GR 89420 31 July 1991
People vs. Haloc GR 227312 05 September 2018

People vs. Sarcia GR 169641 10 September 2009

People vs. Mantalaba GR 186227 20 July 2011
People vs. Doquena GR 46539 27 September 1939
People vs. ZZZ GR 228828 24 July 2019
Ortega vs. People GR 151085 20 August 2008
Samahan Ng Mga Progresibong Kabataan vs. Quezon City
GR 225442 08 August 2017
(Read also: J. Leonen’s Separate Opinion)

US vs. Tanedo GR L-5418 12 February 1910

People vs. Castillo GR 172695 29 June 2007

Ty vs. People GR 149275 27 September 2004

People vs. Labuguen GR 223103 24 February 2020

J. Article 13 Mitigating Circumstances

Cases:
People vs. Narvaez GR L-33466-67 30 April 1983
People vs. Ulep GR 132547 20 September 2000
Guillermo vs. People GR 153287 30 June 2008

People vs. Sabalberino GR 241088 03 June 2019

Miranda vs. People GR 234528 23 January 2019
Urbano vs. People GR 182750 20 January 2009
People vs. Benito GR L-32042 13 February 1975
Bacabac vs. People GR 149372 11 September 2007
People vs. Gonzales GR 139542 21 June 2001
Bongalon vs. People GR 169533 20 March 2013
People vs. Pagal GR L-32040 25 October 1977
People vs. Ignas GR 140514-15 30 September 2003

People vs. Amaguin GR 54344-45 10 January 1994

Nizurtado vs. Sandiganbayan GR 107383 07 December 1994

Mariano vs. People GR 178145 07 July 2014
K. Articles 14 and 15 Aggravating Circumstances and Alternative Circumstances
Include: Section 29, RA 10591 Use of Firearms in Committing Crimes

Cases:
People vs. Ural GR L-30801 27 March 1974
People vs. Gapasin GR 73489 25 April 1994

People vs. Tiongson GR L-35123-24 25 July 1984

People vs. Melendrez GR 39913 19 December 1933

People vs. Legaspi GR 136164-65 20 April 2001

People vs. Sibbu GR 214757 29 March 2017
People vs. Arizobal GR 135051-52 14 December 2000

People vs. Dayrit GR 241632 14 October 2020

People vs. Empacis GR 95756 14 May 1993

People vs. Serafin GR 246197 29 July 2020

People vs. Maron GR 232339 20 November 2019
People vs. Rodas GR 175881 28 August 2007

People vs. Dela Pena GR 238120 12 February 2020

People vs. Moreno GR 191759 02 March 2020
People vs. Vilbar GR 186541 01 February 2012
People vs. Corpin GR 232493 19 June 2019
People vs. Guro GR 230619 10 April 2019
People vs. Enriquez GR 238171 19 June 2019
People vs. Tabarnero GR 168169 24 February 2010
People vs. Pigar GR 247658 17 February 2020
People vs. Matibag GR 206381 15 March 2015
People vs. Escote GR 140756 04 April 2003

People vs. Bumidang GR 130630 04 December 2000

People vs. Jose GR L-28232 06 February 1971
People vs. Butler GR L-50276 27 January 1983

People vs. Gatcho GR L-27251 26 February 1981

People vs. Lucas GR 80102 22 January 1990

Planos vs. People GR 232506 18 November 2020

L. Articles 16-20 Persons Criminally Liable for Felonies

Include: PD 1612 Anti-Fencing
PD 1829 Obstruction of Justice

Cases:
People vs. Carabbay GR 248872 05 October 2020
People vs. Dulay GR 193854 24 September 2012
People vs. Mandolado GR L-51304-05 28 June 1983
Apura vs. People GR 222892 18 March 2021
Gurro vs. People GR 224562 18 September 2019
Ong vs. People GR 190475 10 April 2013
People vs. Dimat GR 181184 25 January 2012
M. Articles 21-88 (Article 26 as amended by RA 10951)
Include: RA 9346 Prohibiting Death Penalty
RA 4103 Indeterminate Sentence Law
PD 968 as amended by RA 10707 Probation Law

Cases:
People vs. Sanchez GR 131116 27 August 1999
People vs. Valdez GR 127663 11 March 1999
People vs. Nelmida GR 184500 11 September 2012
People vs. Tabaco GR 100382 19 March 1997
People vs. Punzalan GR 199892 10 December 2012
People vs. Guillen GR L-1477 18 January 1950

Batulanon vs. People GR 139857 15 September 2006

People vs. Salvilla GR 86163 26 April 1990

Santiago vs. Garchitorena GR L-109266 02 December 1993

People vs. Mallari GR L-58886 13 December 1988
People vs. Madigal-Gonzales GR L-16688 30 April 1963
Petron & People vs. William GR 243328 18 March 2021

Moreno vs. COMELEC GR 168550 10 August 2006

Colinares vs. People GR 182748 13 December 2011

N. Articles 89-113
Include: RA 10592 Amending Articles 29, 94, 97, 98, & 99 of the RPC

Cases:
People vs. Sayo GR 227704 10 April 2019
People vs. Bautista GR 168641 27 April 2007
People vs. Pangilinan GR 152662 13 June 2012
Inmates of New Bilibid vs. De Lima GR 212719 25 June 2019
In Re: In the Matter of Issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus
GR 251954 10 June 2020

Lumantas vs. Calapiz GR 163753 15 January 2014

Daluraya vs. Oliva GR 210148 08 December 2014
Solidum vs. People GR 192123 10 March 2014

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