1. The prescriptive period for filing criminal charges remains tolled from when a complaint is filed with the prosecutor's office until the defendant is convicted or acquitted.
2. Objections to the form of a complaint or information cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.
3. It is not necessary to state the precise date of the offense in the complaint or information unless the date is a material element of the crime.
1. The prescriptive period for filing criminal charges remains tolled from when a complaint is filed with the prosecutor's office until the defendant is convicted or acquitted.
2. Objections to the form of a complaint or information cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.
3. It is not necessary to state the precise date of the offense in the complaint or information unless the date is a material element of the crime.
1. The prescriptive period for filing criminal charges remains tolled from when a complaint is filed with the prosecutor's office until the defendant is convicted or acquitted.
2. Objections to the form of a complaint or information cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.
3. It is not necessary to state the precise date of the offense in the complaint or information unless the date is a material element of the crime.
prosecution of the offense through a private prosecutor 1. People vs Bautista- (Physical Injuries) the prescriptive if the offended party a. waves the civil action, b. period for the offense remains tolled from the time the reserves the right to institute it separately or c. complaint was filed with the office of the prosecutor institutes civil action prior to criminal action. (RULE 111) until such time that the respondent is either convicted or acquitted by the proper court. 9. Lazarte Jr. vs Sandiganbayan- the crime must be described in the intelligible terms with such particularity 2. People vs Tayco- The court ruled that complaint or as to apprise the accused, with reasonable certainty, of information referred to in Art 91 is the one file in the the offense charge. proper court and not the accusation. 10. P.p. vs Vallejo- Objections relationg to the form of 3. People vs Olarte- the court ruled that filing of the the complaint or information cannot be made for the complaint before justice of the peace for preliminary first time on appeal. investigation as sufficient to interrupt the prescriptive period for the offense. 11. People vs Cinco- The rule provides that it is not necessary to the state in the complaint or information 4. Zaldiva vs Reyes- The period of prescription shall be the precise date the offense was committed except suspended when the proceedings are instituted against when the date of the commission is a material element the guilty person, the proceedings referred to are of the offense. judicial proceedings and not administrative proceedings. 12.People vs Anguac- the nature and the character of the crime charge are determined not by the designation 5. Sanrio Company Limited vs Lim- the prescriptive of the specific crime, but by the facts allege in the period fpr violations of special laws starts on the day information. The particularity must be such that a such offense was committed and is interrupted by the person of ordinary intelligence immediately knows what institution of proceedings against respondent. the charge is. 6. Panaguiton Jr. vs D.O.J- the prescription for the 13. People vs Amodia- a mistake in the name of the offenses of B.P. 22 shall interrupt by filing of the accused is not equivalent, and does not necessarily complaint or information to the office of prosecutors amount to, mistake in the identity of the accused for preliminary investigation. especially when sufficient evidence is adduced to show 7. Chua vs Padillo- all criminal actions shall be that the accused is pointed to as one of the prosecuted under the direction and control of a public perpetrators of the crime. prosecutor, since a criminal offense is an outrage 14. Sayson vs People- in case of offenses against against the sovereignty of the state, it follows that a property, the designation of the name of the offended representative of the state shall direct and control the party is not absolutely indispensable for as long as the prosecution thereof. criminal act charge in the compliant or information can The public prosecutor, in the execise of his functions, be properly identified. has the power and discretion to: a. determine whether 15. People vs Tapus- Every Infrmation must state the a prima facie case exists, b. decide which of the qualifying and the aggravating circumstances attending conflicting testimonies should be believed free from the the commission of the crime for them to be considered interference or control of the offended party, and c. in the imposition of penalty. subject only to the right against self-incrimination, determine which witnesses to present in court. 16. Francisco vs People- the absence of the words conspiracy, conspired or in conspiracy with in the complaint or information does not necessarily mean that the absence of these words would signify that conspiracy was not alleged.
17. Matrido vs People- no matter how conclusive the
evidence of guilt may be, an accused cannot be convicted of any offense unless it is charged in the information on which he is tried or is necessarily included therein.\