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Arresto Menor=1 day to 30 days

Arresto Mayor=1 month and 1 day to 6 months


Prison Correctional/Suspension/Destierro=6 months and 1 day to 6 years
Prison Mayor=6 years and 1 day to 12 years
Reclusion Temporal=12 years and 1 day to 20 years

Minimum Imprisonment=12 years and 1 day to 14 years


Medium Imprisonment=14 years and 1 day to 17 years and 4 months
Maximum Imprisonment=17 years 4 months 1 day to 20 years
Reclusion Perpetua=20 years and 1 day to 40 years
Life Imprisonment- no specific time; only applicable to special penal/criminal law

Ordinary Mitigating- only applicable to minimum period of reclusion temporal


Privilege Mitigating- one to two degrees of penalty

Qualifying Aggravating Circumstance- equates to Murder


Generic Aggravating Circumstance- those listed in the RPC; will be imposed into maximum
penalty

Homicide- Reclusion Perpetua


Murder (with treachery)- Capital penalty to death
1. Taking Advantage of Public Position- ex. Policeman
2. Contempt of or Insult to Authorities- teachers, barangay councilmen and tanods are not
public authority; should be engaged in the exercise of public functions
3. Disregard of rank, age, sex, dwelling (building or structure where he rest and comfort)
4. Obvious Ungratefulness
5. Place of religious Worship
6. Uninhabited place
7. Band (at least 4 malefactors)
8. Taking calamity and disaster
9. Aid or armed men (at least 2)
10. Recidivist- already has a conviction which is lighter penalty; crime is same title w the rpc
11. Habituality/ reiteracion- service on the first penalty; the next penalty should be greater
or equal
12. Quasi-residivism- crime must only be in RPC
13.

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