Criminal Procedure

Wednesday 6-9PM
Atty. Albertson Cajayon

1. How is a criminal action initiated?

2. When is preliminary investigation required?
3. What is a complaint?
4. Distinguish complaint from information.
5. Can a party other than the offended party file a complaint for purposed of preliminary
investigation? Why or why not?
6. What is an information?
7. What are the matters which must be stated in a complaint or information to be sufficient to
charge a person for a crime/offense?
8. Is it required that the information be sworn to by the prosecutor? Why or why not?
9. Is there a direct filing of criminal action before the Regional Trial Court?
10. Who may institute the following offenses: seduction, abduction and acts of lasciviousness?
11. May the offended party intervene in the criminal action when he already filed an independent
civil action which is related to the acts complained of?
12. If a criminal action is dismissed by the trial court, may the private offended party appeal from
such dismissal?
13. Distinguish amendment of information and substitution of information.
14. What are the requisites when a private prosecutor may be authorized to prosecute a criminal
action without the presence of the public prosecutor?
15. State the rule on duplicity of the offense.
16. State the rule on venue with regard to libel.
17. Enumerate the matters which must be stated for a complaint or information to be sufficient.
18. What is an independent civil action?