TITLE X – CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

A. REVISED PENAL CODE –Arts. 293-332;

B. ADDITIONAL LAWS FOR READING
1. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 330 (Penalizing Timber Smuggling or Illegal
Cutting of Logs from Public Forests and Forest Reserves as Qualified Theft) as
amended/repealed by PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 705 (Revised Forestry
Code of the Philippines) particularly Sec. 1;
2. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 534 (Defining Illegal Fishing and Prescribing
Stiffer Penalties Therefor), as amended by PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
704 (Revising and Consolidating All laws and Decrees Affecting Fishing and
Fisheries);
3. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1612 (Anti-Fencing Law);
4. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 947 (An Act Making It Unlawful for Any Person,
Corporation or Association to Forcibly Enter or Occupy Public Agricultural
Lands and Penalizing Violations Thereof);
5. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8368 (Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997),
repealing PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 772 (Penalizing Squatting and Other
Similar Acts), in relation to REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279 (Urban Development
and Housing Act of 1992);
6. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 115 (Providing for the Regulation of Trust
Receipts Transactions) - particularly Sec. 13;
7. BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 22 (Bouncing Checks Law);
8. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 133 (Prescribing a Heavy Penalty for the
Theft of Any Material, Spare Part, Product or Article by Employees and
Laborers);
9. PRESIDENTIAL DECREEE NO. 532 (Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway
Robbery Law of 1974);
10. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 533 (Anti-Cattle Rustling Law of 1974);
11. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10883 (New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016);
12. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NOS. 1613 AND 1744 (The Law on Arson)
amending/repealing Arts 320 to 326-B RPC;
13. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659 (An Act To Impose The Death Penalty On Certain
Heinous Crimes, Etc.) amending Art. 320, RPC;
14. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 55 (Unlawful Telephone Installations);
15. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8041 (National Water Crisis Act of 1995) in relation to
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401 –defining acts of illegal water pilferage;
16. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 (Migrant Workers Act of 1995) – particularly Secs.
6 to 8, Defining Acts of Illegal Recruitment as expanded by R.A. No. 10364 in
rel. to Sec. 6 of R.A. No. 10175;
17. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8484 (Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998) –
particularly Secs. 9 to 14;
18. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1405 (Bank Secrecy Law);
19. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10591 (An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of
Property and Damage on Which a Penalty is Based and the Fines Imposed
Under the Revised Penal Code, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815,
Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code", as Amended)

C. CASES
Robbery
1. Sy. vs. SOJ Gutierrez, G.R. No. 171579 : Nov. 14, 2012
2. Sazon vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 150873 : Feb. 10, 2009
3. People vs. Salvilla, G.R. No. 86163, April 26, 1990
4. People vs. Astor, G.R. Nos. L-71765-66, April 29, 1987
5. US vs. Flores, G.R. No. 6427. March 23, 1911
6. People vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 188165, Dec. 11, 2013
 7. People vs. Basao, G.R. No. 128286. July 20, 1999
8. People v. Bocalan, G.R. No. 141527, Sept. 4, 2003
9. People vs. Amba, G.R. No. 140898. September 20, 2001
10. People vs. Barra, G.R. No. 198020, July 10, 2013
11. People v. Comiling, G.R. No. 140405, March 4, 2004
12. People vs. Madrelejos, G.R. No. 225328, March 21, 2018
13. People vs. Casabuena, G.R. No. 246580, June 23, 2020
14. People v. Suyu, G.R. No. 170191, August 16, 2006
15. People v. Canturia, G.R. No. 108490, June 22, 1995
16. People vs. Llamera, G.R. No. 218703, April 23, 2018
17. People v. Suarez, G.R. No. L-6431, March 29, 1954
18. US v. Tapan, 20 Phil. 211

Brigandage
19. People v. Isabelo Puno, G.R. No. 97471, February 17, 1993
20. Filoteo vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 79543 October 16, 1996
21. People vs. Laurente, G.R. No. 116734 March 29, 1996

Theft/Qualified Theft
22. People v. Rodrigo, G.R. No. L‐18507, Mar. 31, 1966
23. Judge San Jose vs. Camurongan, A.M. No. P-06-2158 April 29, 2006
24. Gemma Jacinto vs. People, G.R. No. 162540 July 13, 2009
25. Anita Miranda vs. People, G.R. No. 176298, January 25, 2012
26. People vs. Mejares, G.R. No. 225735, January 10, 2018
27. Ligtas vs. People, G.R. No. 200751, August 17, 2015
28. Intestate Estate of Carungcong v. People, G.R. No. 181409, Feb. 11, 2010
29. People vs. Mejares, G.R. No. 225735, January 10, 2018
30. Del Rosario vs. People, G.R. No. 235739, July 22, 2019
31. Ablaza vs. People, G.R. No. 217722, September 26, 2018
32. U.S. v. De Vera, G.R. No. L-16961, September 19, 1921
33. Valenzuela vs. People, G.R. No. 160188, June 21, 2007
34. Chua-Burce vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 109595. April 27, 2000

Penalties
35. In re: Correction/Adjustment of Penalty Pursuant to Republic Act No.
10951, in relation to Hernan vs. Sandiganbayan, Rolando Elbanbuena y
Marfil, Petitioner, G.R. No. G.R. No. 237721 July 31, 2018
36. In Re: Correction/Adjustment of Penalty Pursuant To Republic Act No.
10951, In Relation to Hernan V. Sandiganbayan, Samuel Saganib y Lutong,
Petitioner, G.R. No. 240347, August 14, 2018

Anti-Carnapping
37. People v Gawan, G.R. No. 187044, September 14, 2011

Anti-Cattle Rustling
38. Lopez vs. People, G.R. No. 212186, June 29, 2016

Anti-Fencing
39. People v. De Guzman, G.R. No. 77368, October 5, 1993
40. Dimat vs. People, G.R. No. 181184 January 25, 2012
41. Dizon-Pamintuan vs. People, G.R. No. 111426, July 11, 1994
42. Cahulugan vs. People, G.R. No. 225695, March 21, 2018
43. Estrella vs. People, G.R. No. 212942, June 17, 2020
44. Lim vs. People, G.R. No. 211977, October 12, 2016
Estafa
45. Rivac vs. People, G.R. No. 224673 January 22, 2018
46. Osental vs. People, G.R. No. 225697 September 5, 2018
47. Batac vs. People, G.R. No. 191622, June 6, 2018
48. Ojeda vs. People, G.R. Nos. 104238-58 June 3, 2004
49. Juaquico vs. People, G.R. No. 223998, March 05, 2018
50. Soriano vs. People, G.R. No. 240458, January 8, 2020
51. People v. Go, G.R. No. 191015, August 6, 2014
52. Osorio vs. People, G.R. No. 207711, July 2, 2018
53. Chua-Burce vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 109595. April 27, 2000
54. Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) PAG-IBIG Fund vs. Sagun,
G.R. No. 205698, July 31, 2018
55. People vs. Rafael Balmores, G.R. No. L-1896 February 16, 1950
56. Abalos vs. People, G.R. No. 221836, August 14, 2019

B.P. 22
57. Lim vs. People, G.R. No. 130038 September 18, 2000
58. Gempesaw vs. CA, G.R. No. 92244 February 9, 1993
59. Lunaria vs. People, G.R. No. 160127 November 11, 2008
60. People vs. Nitafan, G.R. No. 75954,1992
61. Ruiz vs. People, G.R. No.160893 November 18, 2005
62. Magno vs. CA, G.R. No. 96132 June 26, 1992
63. Lagman vs. People, G.R. no. 146238 December 7, 2001
64. Sia vs. G.R. No. 149695 Apr. 28, 2004
65. Lim vs. Ca, G.R. no. 107898 December 19, 1995
66. Dico vs. CA, G.R. no. 141669 February 28, 2005
67. San Mateo vs. People, G.R. No. 200090 March 6, 2013
68. Lao vs. CA, G.R. no. 119178 June 20, 1997

Novation
69. Iloilo Traders Finance, Inc. vs. Heirs of Oscar Soriano, Jr., G.R. No. 149683
June 16, 2003

Other Forms of Swindling

70. Facilities, Inc. vs. Lopez, G.R. No. 208642, February 7, 2018

Other Deceits
71. Osorio vs. People, G.R. No. 207711, July 2, 2018

Illegal Recruitment
72. People vs. Estrada, G.R. No. 225730, February 28, 2018

Arson
73. People vs. Malgan, G. R. No. 170470, Sept. 26, 2006

Malicious Mischief
74. Grana vs. People, G.R. No. 202111, November 25, 2019
75. Taguionod vs. People, G.R. No. 185833 : October 12, 2011
76. Valeroso v. People, G.R. No. 149718. Sept. 29, 2003