NAME: ROVELYN S.

CREDO
COURSE/YEAR: BS-CRIM-III

Unit 4- Alternative Circumstances, Participants of the Crime, Penalties,

Extinction of Criminal Liability and Civil Liability

Fill in the blanks.

Directions: Read the following statements, and fill in the blanks with word/s which best
complete/s the sentences. See page 77 for the answer key. Use this class code: 4fah64d

Pretest
1. Conspiracy exists when two or more persons come to an agreement and decide to
commit it.

2. A thoughtless expression without intention is not inducement.

3. He is considered an accomplice if he saw the criminal acts of the principal and

participated therein although his acts are different from the other.

4. Knowledge of the commission of crime may be acquired subsequent to the

acquisition of stolen property.

5. Any person who assist in the burial of the victim of homicide to prevent its discovery
is an accessory.

6. Conviction of accessory is possible even if the principal is acquitted.

7. It is the ties of blood which compels one to conceal crimes committed by relatives.

8. Formal agreement is not necessary in conspiracy it is sufficient that their minds meet.

9. Principal by induction becomes liable when principal by direct participation

committed the act induced.

10. In the absence of previous conspiracy, individual criminal responsibility.

11. Death of the offended party does not extinguish the criminal liability of the accused.

12. Afflictive penalties shall prescribe in 15 years.

13. Light offenses prescribe in 2 months.

14. Commutation is the decrease of length of imprisonment.

15. A deduction of 1/5 of the period of sentence shall be granted to prisoner for special
time allowance for loyalty.

16. The Director of Prisons grants time allowance.

17. Marriage contracted in good faith between the offender and the victim
extinguishes criminal liability.

18. Death prescribes the penalty in 20 years.

19. If the offender dies after final judgment, pecuniary penalties are not extinguished.

20. Criminal and civil liability is extinguished when the offender dies before final
judgment.
Learning Activities

Activity 1: Identification/Definition/Explanation (Reflective Writing)

Directions: Identify and define the principle involved in the given situation and determine the
persons involved in the crime and the criminal liability of the accused. Submit your work in the
pigeon boxes which are provided in your department/college, or to google class on or before the
date as reflected in in your study schedule. See Rubric in Reflective Writing on page 72.

Situation 1: Two guys, Bert and Lambert, who don’t know each other, get pissed at some dude,
Albert, at a bar. They shot him at the same time. Albert died instantly.

Situation 2: Adel, a lawyer punches an annoying person, Nomo. The latter suffered minor
injuries.

Situation 3: Tony threw a grenade that killed his father and his father’s friend.

Situation 4: Ponce was convicted of stealing laptops from Solid mark Appliance. He was
convicted. The period during which convict was not inside prison walls as he was taken to a
hospital.

Persons
Principle contains in the Explain the principle as
Scene involved in the
scenario (Identify and to the criminal
No. crime
define that principle briefly) liability of the accused
(victim/accused)
There is a conspiracy in
this scenario because
according to the statement,
The principle in this scenario
Bert and lambert are
is a Conspiracy which two
Albert the victim, agreed to shot to Albert. All
persons come to an
1 Bert and Lambert are the accused was acquitted
agreement concerning the
the accused from any criminal liability
commission of a felony and
since their actions were
decide to commit it.
justified but civil liability
may arise from the given
situation.
In this scenario of
Mitigating Intoxication, the
offender was not of her
The principle in this scenario
control in that time that she
is a Mitigating Intoxication
annoyed to another, then
Nomo the victim, that it is not habitual nor not
2 she should not be held
Adel the accused subsequent to the plan which
liable for a crime because
the offender lost her physical
her compromised mental
and mental control.
state prevented her from
forming the necessary men
rea of a crime.
In this scenario of
Aggravating Intoxication,
the offender maybe was
The principle in this scenario not in his clear thinking
His father and his is an Aggravating Intoxication and maybe he felt
father’s friend are the that it is habitual and it is neglected so that he made
3 victim, intentional which the offender this kind of crime. Because
Tony the accused must have done heinousness of the intoxication, the
of the crime. offender did not
understand the nature of
his actions or know what
he was doing.
 In this scenario of a
Compound crime was
The principle in this scenario
being presented since the
Solid Mark Appliance was a Compound crime
offender produces two or
4 was the victim, which a single act constitutes
more crimes. The accused
Ponce the accused two or more grave or less
was acquitted from any
grave felonies.
criminal liability since his
actions were justified.

Activity 2. B Formulating Scenarios (Building Scenarios)

Directions: Formulate at least one scenario/situation reflecting each principle. Submit your
work in the pigeon boxes which are provided in your department/college and turn in the link to
the google class on or before the date as reflected in on your study schedule. See Rubric in
Building Scenarios on page 74.

Alternative Circumstances Situation/Scenario

Tony threw a grenade that killed his father and his

1. Relationship father’s friend.

Adel, a lawyer punches an annoying person, Nomo. The

2. Intoxication
latter suffered minor injuries.

Oedipus leaves home after he learns of a prophecy that

predicts he will kill his father and marry his mother. On
3. Degree of Instruction
his journey, he meets an older man and ends up killing
him in a fight.

Participants of the Crime Situation/Scenario

Hal works in the warehouse and distracts the warehouse
1. Principal nightwatchman while Lars breaks in.

Hal parks outside the warehouse on the night of the

2. Accomplice robbery and drives Lars and the loot away from the
scene after the burglary is complete.

Hal convinces Lars to break into the warehouse and

3. Accessory provides the tools to get inside the building.
 Penalties Situation/Scenario
Rahim Lockridge, a resident of Oakland County,
Michigan, was found guilty of involuntary
1. Indeterminate Sentence Law manslaughter after strangling his wife, Kenyatta, to
death. He was given a prison sentence of 8 to 15
years.

Ferdinand’s gun was accidentally fell and killed Jack

2. Complex crime
outside the house.

Hakim was convicted of three crimes of homicide for

each of which first, he was sentenced to 12 years and
1 day of temporal, second, 14 years 8 months and 1
3. Three-Fold Rule day, and for the third, 17 years 4 months and 1 day. In
this case, the total of the penalties is 44 years and 3
days.

Extinction of Criminal Liability Liability Situation/Scenario

1. Prescription of Crime
2. Death of the Offender
Police Officer Nuezca, fatally shot two of his neighbors,
Sonya, and Frank Gregorio in front of his young
daughter and because of this situation Nuezca facing
double murder charges under the revised penal code
over the death of Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank
Anthony.
In Jail, Police Officers found Nuezca dead without
knowingly if what is the reason behind happen to him.
However, the case shall be dismissed without
prejudice to any civil action and his family or relatives
may file against the estate of Nuezca.

Jigs is a prisoner, after have been long year of

imprisonment, and because of his good behavior inside
3. Good Conduct Allowance
the prison Bureau of Corrections Chief had been
approved his release.

ASSESSMENT

A. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the correct answer and write the corresponding letter on the space
provided before each item.

A 1. If there is conspiracy, their liability is -

a. Collective b. Individual c. Indispensable d. As participants

C 2. In case of doubt as to his participation, he will be considered

a. Accomplice b. Principal c. Accessory d. None
 B 3. C stabbed B first, as B was dying, A gave a fist blow on B’s face. A is -
a. Accomplice b. Principal c. Accessory d. Participant

A 4. X buys a stolen property not knowing it was stolen.

a. Liable b. Not liable c. Maybe d. None

A 5. The accessory takes part _______ the crime is/has been committed.
a. After b. Before c. During d. None

D 6. One who kept silent with regard to the crime he witnessed is -

a. Accessory b. Accomplice c. Principal d. None

A 7. The act of a person who shall buy which he knows derived from the proceeds of
robbery is
a. Fencing b. Fence c. Anti-fencing d. Accessory

A 8. Mere knowledge of a crime is a conspirator.

a. No b. Yes c. Perhaps d. None

A 9. Felonies that are punishable only when they have been consummated.
a. Light b. Afflictive c. Correctional d. None

A 10. The act of one is the act of ____.

a. All b. Him alone c. His criminal mind d. None

A 11. A juridical condition in which no one should be punished for the crime another.
a. Personal b. Legal c. Correctional d. Equal

A 12. The duration of the penalty shall be from 1 month to 6 months.

a. Arresto mayor b. Prision correccional c. Prision mayor d. Reclusion temporal

A 13. Effects of civil interdiction.

a. Deprive of parental authority b. Suspension c. Disqualification d. Deprive of
right to vote

A 14. A man pours gasoline in a bus and caught fire burning a house, killing a person
and injuring another person.
a. Complex crime b. Arson c. Homicide d. Separate crimes

A 15. In single divisible, there is one mitigating and one aggravating, what proper
period?
a. Offset b. Medium c. Minimum d. Maximum

A 16. It includes any crime and is exercised individually by the President.

a. Pardon b. Amnesty c. Parole d. Probation

A 17. A contract between the sovereign power and the convict.

a. Conditional pardon
b. Commutation
c. Good conduct allowance
d. Special time allowance for loyalty

A 18. The suspension of the sentence of a convict after serving the minimum
sentence.
a. Parole b. Conditional pardon c. Absolute pardon d. Good conduct allowance

B 19. Death of convict extinguishes, aside from criminal liability, also what before
final
judgment?
a. Pecuniary b. Civil c. Reparation d. Civil interdiction
 A 20. It completely extinguishes the penalty and all its effects.
a. Amnesty b. Pardon c. Death d. Prescription of crime
B. Identification/Analysis (One Paragraph Summary)

Directions: Clip one news crime article related from what you learn from this unit from a
daily newspaper. Find and identify the 5 W’s of criminal investigation and one H.
Analyze
the principle involved and write on the space provided. Use the space below for your
writing. Submit your work in the pigeon boxes which are provided in your
department/college, or to google class on or before as reflected in your study schedule.
See Rubric in One Paragraph Summary on page 75.

Manila cops nab 2 suspects in

Paco bank heist
Title of the Article

By: Marita Moaje

Name of the Writer/Author

September 30, 2021, 5:26 pm

Date of Publication

It was all about the two suspects Carel Macarine, 32 years old and Ryan Sale, 28
years old truck drivers, who’s behind robbing a China bank Otis Branch in Paco,
Manila.

The two suspects will face charges on a case of robbery stick-up and punishable
by up to 20 years in prison.

It all happened in September 27, 2021 @exactly 1.PM.

According to a police report, the incident occurred on Monday China bank in Otis
Branch in Paco, Manila.

Police said that the robber was able to enter the bank by pretending to be a
customer applying for a new bank account.

According to the witness, Carel Macarine and Ryan Sale who were the suspects
of robbery are able to enter the bank, caught in the CCTV and they robbed the
China Bank Otis Branch in Paco, Manila and carting away about PHP700,000 in
cash.

Crime/s Involved: Aggravated Robbery

Principle/s Involved: Given under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.