CRIMINAL LAW I

Main Reference Material: The Revised Penal Code, Book I

Instructor: Atty. Gian C. De Guzman

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. Criminal Law, defined
2. Applicability and Effectivity of the RPC
3. Characteristics of Philippine Criminal Laws
4. Interpretation of Penal Laws
5. Theories in Criminal Law
6. Felonies and its Classifications
7. Mistake of Fact as a defense
8. When criminal liability is incurred
9. Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Felony
10. Mala In se vs Mala Prohibita

II. CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY

1. Justifying Circumstances
2. Mitigating Circumstances
3. Aggravating Circumstances
4. Alternative Circumstances

III. PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES

1. Principals
2. Accomplices
3. Accessories

IV. MULTIPLE OFFENSES

1. Complex Crimes
2. Special Complex Crimes
3. Continuous Crimes

V. PREVENTIVE IMPRISONMENT vs SUBSIDIARY

IMPRISONMENT
 VI. APPLICATION OF THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE LAW

VII. SERVICE OF SENTENCE

1. Three-Fold Rule
2. 40-year Limit

VIII. EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

1. Total Extinction
2. Partial Extinction

IX. PRESCRIPTION OF CRIMES vs PRESCRIPTION OF

PENALTIES