FACTS: The petitioner, an honorary consul of Uruguay in the Philippines, was charged with the crime of falsification of a private document before the CFI of Manila. He objected to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that both under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Philippines the court… Read More SCHNECKENBURGER v. MORAN G.R. No. L-44896 July 31, 1936 Jurisdiction
FACTS: Petitioner, together with two other women, was charged with the crime of Qualified Theft, allegedly committed as follows: That on or about and sometime in the month of July 1997, in Kalookan City, Metro Manila, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring together and mutually helping one another, being… Read More Jacinto v. People G.R. No. 162540 July 13, 2009 Impossible Crime
FACTS: On the 19th of September, 1905, silver and paper money amounting to 25,000 pesos belonging to the firms of Urrutia & Co. and Muñoz & Co., was placed on the steamer Cantabria at Manila by said firms for shipment. 5,000 pesos of the said money belonged to Muñoz & Co. and 20,000 pesos to… Read More UNITED STATES vs. LAURENTE REY G.R. No. L-3326 September 7, 1907 Loss of Possession, Robbery
FACTS: On January 10, 1991, two Informations were filed with the RTC, against Petronila C. Tupaz and her late husband Jose J. Tupaz, Jr., as corporate officers of El Oro Engravers Corp., for nonpayment of deficiency corporate income tax for the year 1979. Criminal Case No. Q-91-17321 was raffled to Branch 105, presided over… Read More TUPAZ v. ULEP G.R. No. 127777. October 1, 1999 Taxation, Assessment, Prescriptive Period, Criminal Action
CANDELARIA vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES G.R. No. 209386 December 8, 2014 FACTS: Viron Transit Corporation ordered 14,000 liters of diesel fuel from Unioil, a company owned by private complainant Lao. Petitioner Mel Carpizo Candelaria, a truck driver employed by Lao, was dispatched to deliver the diesel fuel in Laon Laan, Manila. However, in… Read More Qualified Theft
FACTS: Silvestre Romana, wife of Domingo Joaquin, cohabited with co-defendant Martin Atienza in the barrio of Masocol, municipality of Paombong, Bulacan. Domingo Joaquin filed a complaint for adultery. The two acused begged the municipal president of Paombong to to urge Domingo to withdraw the complaint. They promised to discontinue cohabitation, and not to live again… Read More People v. Silvestre and Atienza G.R. No. L-35748 December 14, 1931 Conspiracy to Commit Arson
Three conditions to be entitled to read or print these materials: 1. Share these materials to your friends; 2. Do not delete my posters; 3. Read my posters (he he he). Thanks ADMISSION OF GUILT In Vera vs. People, G.R. No. L-18184, January 31, 1963, the Supreme Court En Banc rejected the argument of the… Read More SHORT REVIEWER ON AMNESTY FOR 2018 BAR EXAMS BY JUDGE MARLO CAMPANILLA
FACTS: Appellant Manolito Opiana was charged with the crimes of violations of Section 5 (sale of illegal drugs; 0.05 gram) and Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs; 0.74 gram) of R.A. 9165 in a buy-bust operation on appellant who was reportedly engaged in illegal drug trade. Appellant was apprehended and when bodily frisked, 19 heat-sealed… Read More PEOPLE vs. OPIANA G.R. No. 200797 January 12, 2015 R.A. No. 9165, Illegal sale and possession of dangerous drugs
FACTS: Evidence adduced show that the family of Norberto Divina were all lying down side by side about to sleep on June 6, 2002 at around 9:00 o’clock in the evening, when suddenly their wall made of sack was stripped off by appellant and his companions. They ordered him to go out of their house… Read More PEOPLE V. JUGUETA G.R. No. 202124 April 5, 2016 Murder, Attempted Murder
FACTS: [AAA] is single, a housekeeper and a resident of Davao City. [AAA] testified that on February 10, 2009, at around 6:00 o’clock in the evening, she was watching a beauty contest with her aunt at a basketball court where a make-shift stage was put up. The only lights available were those coming from the… Read More PEOPLE v. AMARELA and RACHO G.R. No. 225642-43 January 17, 2018 Rape, The “Women’s Honor” Doctrine