FACTS: The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) of Leyte operated a Core Shelter Assistance Program (CSAP) that provided construction materials to indigent calamity victims with which to rebuild their homes. The beneficiaries provided the labor needed for construction. When construction for calamity victims in Sitio Luy-a, Barangay Tinugtogan, was 70% done, the beneficiaries… Read More Ysidoro v. People G.R. No. 192330 November 14, 2012 Technical Malversation

FACTS: On June 19, 1988, between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m., Jesus Mallo, Jr., accompanied by Amiel Malana, went to the house of Leticia Kummer. Mallo knocked at the front door with a stone and identified himself by saying, “Auntie, ako si Boy Mallo.” The petitioner opened the door and at this point, her son and… Read More KUMMER v. PEOPLE G.R. No. 174461, September 11, 2013 Motive

FACTS: On November 14, 2012, CCC gathered clothes from the clothesline outside her house. As she was about to enter the house, she was surprised to see Evangeline Patulot there, holding a casserole. Without warning, Patulot poured the contents of the casserole – hot cooking oil – on her.  AAA , a three year old… Read More Patulot v. People G.R. No. 235071, January 7, 2019 R.A. No. 7610, Child Abuse

FACTS: At about 9:00 in the evening of January 27, 1996, accused Armando Gemoya, Ronilo Tionko, Rolly Tionko and Candelario Aliazar, armed with pipe, wood and an improvised bow and arrow made of nail with feathers in the end, proceeded to the house of the Alferezes, which was along the road in front of the… Read More PEOPLE v. GEMOYA G.R. No. 132633 October 4, 2000 Conspiracy

PEOPLE VS. LUMAYA March 2018 Under varied field conditions, strict compliance with the requirements of Sec. 21, Art. II of R.A. No. 9165 may not always be possible; the IRR of R.A. No. 9165 which is now crystallized into statutory law with the passage of R.A. No. 10640 provides that the said inventory and photography… Read More Dangerous Drugs Cases resolved following the amendment of RA 9165 by RA 10640

FACTS: Petitioner Edmisael Lutap, A.K.A. “Egay”, frequently visits the house of AAA’s family, being the best friend of AAA’s father. Around 6:30 in the evening AAA, who was then only six (6) years old and her younger siblings, BBB and CCC, were watching television in their sala, together with petitioner, while their mother DDD was… Read More LUTAP v. PEOPLE G.R. No. 204061 February 5, 2018 Rape by Sexual Assault, Acts of Lasciviousness

FACTS: The group of the late Mayor Jorge Arreola of Buguey, Cagayan, arrived at the cockpit arena while the  accused Mario Tabaco was seated on the arm of the bench situated at the lower portion of the arena about more than three (3) meters away, from the place where the late Mayor and his group… Read More People v. Tabaco G.R. Nos. 100382-100385 March 19, 1997 Criminal Liability, Complex Crimes, Penalties, Delito Compuesto and Delito Complejo