SUPREME COURT

COURT OF APPEALS SANDIGANBAYAN

- direct bribery
- indirect bribery
- public officers committed a
crime in relation to their office
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
- Penalty is more than six years
- a fine of more than Php
4,000.00
- Crimes punishable by R.A.
No. 9165
- libel
- violations of intellectual
property code
- violations of omnibus
election code
-violations of AMLA by a
private individual
- cases involving minors
(family court)
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT
- penalty is less than six years
- purely fine if it equal or less
than Php 4, 000.00
- violations of municipal city
ordinance
- reckless imprudence
resulting to damage of
property
- summary procedure cases
(violations of traffic rules,
rental laws and B.P. 22)

Table 1. Court’s Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases

PROSECUTOR GENERAL

5 STATES DEPUTY PROSECUTORS

SENIOR ASSISTANT STATE
PROSECUTORS
ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTORS

PROSECUTION ATTORNEY’S

ASSOCIATE PROSECUTION ATTORNEY’S

TABLE 2. NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE
 REGIONAL PROSECUTOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL PROSECUTOR
SENIOR ASSISTANT REGIONAL
PROSECUTOR
3 ASST. REGIONAL PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
TABLE 3. REGIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE

Prosecution field offices

- 11 prosecution office in Region 11

- 5 provincial (Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao Occidental, Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley)

- 6 cities (Davao, Panabo, Mati, Samal, Tagum and Digos)

CITY PROSECUTOR PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR

DEPUTY CITY PROSECUTOR DEPUTY PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR
ASST. CITY PROSECUTOR ASST. PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR
ASSOCIATE PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR ASSOCIATE PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR
TABLE 4. CITY AND PROVINCIAL PROSECUTION SERVICE

CITY PROSECUTOR
SENIOR DEPUTY CITY
PROSECUTOR
DEPUTY CITY
PROSECUTOR
SENIOR ASSISTANT
CITY PROSECUTOR
ASST. CITY
PROSECUTOR
TABLE 5. DAVAO STRUCTURE