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Ateneo 2007 Criminal Law (Book 2) Part 2 PDF
Ateneo 2007 Criminal Law (Book 2) Part 2 PDF
ABANDONMENT OF
OFFICE OR POSITION
(238)
There is actual
abandonment through
resignation to evade the
discharge of duties.
DERELICTION OF
DUTY (208)
Public officer does not
abandon his office but
merely fails to
prosecute a violation of
the law.
TITLE EIGHT
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender is a public officer;
2. That he nominates or appoints a person to
a public office;
3. That such person lacks the legal
qualification therefor; and
4. That the offender knows that his nominee or
appointee lacks the qualification at the time
he made the nomination or appointment.
ELEMENTS:
1. That a person was killed;
2. That the accused killed him;
PERSONS LIABLE:
1. person/s who inflicted serious physical
injuries
2. if it is not known who inflicted serious
physical injuries on the deceased, all
persons who used violence upon the
person of the victim.
ELEMENTS:
1. That a child was killed;
2. That the deceased child was less than three
days (72 hours) of age; and
3. That the accused killed the said child.
ACTS PUNISHABLE:
1. Challenging another to a duel.
2. Inciting another to give or accept a
challenge to a duel.
3. Scoffing at or decrying another publicly for
having refused to accept a challenge to fight
a duel.
PERSONS LIABLE:
1. Challenger
2. Instigators
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
ILLEGAL DETENTION
Committed by a private
individual who unlawfully
kidnaps, detains or
otherwise deprives a
person of liberty.
Crime is against personal
liberty and security
ARBITRARY
DETENTION
Committed by a public
officer or employee who
detains a person without
legal ground
Crime against the
fundamental law of the
State
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender purchases, sells, kidnaps or
detains a human being; and
2. That the purpose of the offender is to enslave
such human being.
Qualifying circumstance if the purpose is some
immoral traffic (Ex. prostitution).
ARTICLE 273. EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOR
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender retains a minor in his service;
2. That it is against the will of the minor; and
3. That it is under the pretext of reimbursing
himself of a debt incurred by an ascendant,
guardian or person entrusted with the custody of
such minor.
ELEMENTS:
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ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender enters the closed premises
or the fenced estate of another;
2. That the entrance is made while either of them is
uninhabited;
3. That the prohibition to enter be manifest; and
ELEMENTS:
1. That a person
a. prevented another from doing something not
prohibited by law or
b. compel him to do something against his will,
be it right or wrong
2. Violence, threats or intimidation, either material
force or such display of force as would produce
intimidation and control of the will.
3. Without authority of law
Aggravating circumstances:
1. Violation of the exercise of the right of suffrage
2. Compelling another to perform a religious act or
3. preventing another from exercising such right or
from doing such act (as amended by RA. 7890)
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender employs violence or threats,
in such a degree as to compel or force the
laborers or employers in the free and legal
exercise of their industry or work; and
2. That the purpose is to organize, maintain or
prevent coalitions of capital or labor, strike of
laborers or lockout of employees.
3. If the act shall not constitute a more serious
offense.
Chapter Three. DISCOVERY AND REVELATION
OF SECRETS
TITLE TEN
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
GRAVE
THREATS
GRAVE
COERCION
Intent to gain
No intent to gain
Immediate
harm
Intimidation;
promises some
future harm or
injury
ROBBERY
X didnt commit crime
but is intimidated to
deprive him of his
property
Deprived of money thru
force or intimidation
No intent to
gain
Intimidation
(effect) is
immediate and
offended party
is compelled to
do something
against his will
(w/n right or
wrong)
BRIBERY
X has committed a crime
and gives money as way
to avoid arrest or
prosecution
Giving of money is in a
sense voluntary
Neither
Transaction is voluntary
and mutual
Ex. Accused demands payment of P2.00 with threats
of arrest and prosecution, therefore, robbery because
(a) intent to gain and (b) immediate harm
PEOPLE vs. BOCALAN, G.R. No. 141527. 9/4/03
For the appellant to be guilty of consummated
robbery, there must be incontrovertible proof that
property was taken from the victim. The appellant is
guilty of attempted robbery only when he commences
the commission of robbery directly by overt acts and
does not perform all the acts of execution which
would produce robbery by reason of some causes or
accident other than his own spontaneous desistance.
ARTICLE 294. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
AGAINST OR INTIMIDATION OF PERSONS
ACTS PUNISHED AS ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
AGAINST OR INTIMIDATION OF PERSONS:
1. When by reason or on occasion of the robbery,
homicide is committed;
2. When the robbery is accompanied w/ rape or
intentional mutilation or arson;
3. When by reason or on occasion of robbery, any
of the physical injuries resulting in insanity,
imbecility, impotency, or blindness is inflicted;
4. When by reason of or on occasion of the robbery,
serious physical injuries resulting in the loss of
the use of speech, or the power to hear or to
smell, or the loss of an eye, hand, foot, arm,
leg, or the loss of the use of any such member
Mitigating circumstance:
1. Offenders do not carry arms and the value of
the
property taken exceeds 250 pesos.
2. Offenders are armed, but the value does not
exceed 250 pesos.
3. Offenders do not carry arms and the value
does not exceed 250 pesos penalty of a)
or b) in minimum period.
4. Committed in dependencies
BRIGANDAGE
Purposes are as
enumerated in Art. 306
Mere formation of a
band for the above
purpose
ROBBERY IN BAND
Only to commit robbery,
not necessarily in hi-way
If the purpose is to
commit a particular
robbery, it is necessary
to prove that band
actually committed
robbery
ELEMENTS of fencing:
1. The crime of robbery or theft has been
committed;
2. The accused, who is not a principal or an
accomplice in the crime of robbery/theft, in
any manner deals in any property which
has been derived from the proceeds of the
said crime;
3. The accused knows or should have known
that the said property has been derived from
theft/robbery; and
4. The accused has intent to gain.
Possession of stolen goods is prima facie
evidence of guilt
For those engaged in sale of used secondhand
articles requires clearance and permit to sell
ANTI-FENCING LAW
Malversation
Offenders are
entrusted with funds or
property & is a
continuing offense
Funds: public funds or
property
Offender: public
officer accountable for
public funds
Committed by
appropriating, taking,
misappropriating
ESTAFA
Private individual
was entrusted
Intent to defraud
INFIDELITY IN THE
CUSTODY OF
DOCUMENTS
Public officer entrusted
No intent to defraud
P.D. 1613 expressly repealed or amended Arts 320326, but P.D. 1744 revived Art 320 Destructive
arson).
TITLE ELEVEN
CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY
EFFECT OF PARDON:
The pardon must come before the institution of
criminal prosecution
Both the offenders must be pardoned by the
offended party
Act of intercourse subsequent to adulterous
conduct is an implied pardon
Consent is a cause for dismissal of complaint
Article 334. Concubinage
ELEMENTS:
1. The man must be married;
2. That he committed any of the following acts:
a. Keeping a mistress in the conjugal
dwelling,
b. Having sexual intercourse under
scandalous circumstances with a
woman who is not his wife,
c. Cohabiting with her in any other place;
3. That as regards the woman, she must
know him to be married.
2 KINDS OF SEDUCTION:
1. qualified seduction
2. simple seduction.
Confidence
- Priest
- House servant
- Domestic
(person living in
same roof, may
Relationship
- Brother who
seduced his
sister
- Ascendant
who seduced
be temporary,
permanent as
long as same
household)
his descendant
Q:
How committed:
In a work-related or employment environment,
sexual harassment is committed when:
1. The sexual favor is made as a condition in
the hiring or in the employment, reemployment or continued employment of
said individual, or in granting said individual
favorable compensation, terms of conditions,
promotions, or privileges; or the refusal to
grant the sexual favor results in limiting,
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TITLE TWELVE
CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL STATUS OF
PERSONS
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender has been legally married;
2. That the marriage has not been legally
dissolved or, in case his or her spouse is
absent, the absent spouse could not yet
be presumed dead according to the Civil
Code;
3. That he contracts a second or subsequent
marriage; and
4. That the second or subsequent marriage has
all the essential requisites for validity.
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender contracted marriage; and
2. That he knew at the time that a. the requirements of the law were not
complied with, or
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PERSONS LIABLE:
1.
A widow who married within 301 days from
the date of the death of her husband, or
before having delivered if she is pregnant
at the time of his death.
2.
A woman whose marriage having been
dissolved or annulled, married before her
delivery or w/in 301 days after the date of the
legal separation.
TITLE THIRTEEN
CRIMES AGAINST HONOR
ELEMENTS:
1. That there must be an imputation of a crime,
or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or
any act, omission, condition, status, or
circumstance;
R. A. No. 4200
The Anti-Wire Tapping Act
ELEMENTS:
1. That the offender performs an act;
2. That by such act he directly incriminates or
imputes to an innocent person the
commission of a crime; and
3. That such act does not constitute perjury.
2 KINDS OF INCRIMINATING AN INNOCENT
PERSON:
1. Making a statement which constitutes:
a. defamation, or
b. perjury (if made under oath and is false)
2. Planting evidence
TITLE FOURTEEN
QUASI OFFENSES
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
Perjury by making
false accusation
Imputation, falsely
made, before an
officer
False statement or
affidavit made under
oath
Arresto mayor max to
prision correccional
min
Negligence
Deficiency of Perception
Failure in advertence
Avoided by Paying
proper attention and
using due diligence in
foreseeing them
Imprudence
Deficiency of Action
Failure in Precaution
Taking necessary
precaution once
foreseen
Murder or
homicide
Rebellion or
insurrection,
sedition, or
attempted
coup d
etat
Crime committed;
Illegal possession is NOT
a separate offense, nor is
it aggravating. Offender is
exonerated of illegal
possession.
Murder or homicide,
with special aggravating
circumstance of illegal
possession
Rebellion or insurrection,
sedition, or attempted
coup d
etat; Illegal
possession is absorbed
as an element thereof