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Assignment FINAL
Assignment FINAL
1) Over all criminal cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal or
body, except those now falling under the exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of the
Sandiganbayan;
2) Over offenses punishable with imprisonment exceeding 6 years;
3) Where the only penalty provided for by law is a fine, over offenses punishable with a
fine of more than PhP4,000.00;
4) Appellate jurisdiction over all cases decided by the Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts in their respective territorial
jurisdictions;
5) Over criminal cases under specific laws such as:
Libel cases even though punishable by prison correctional;
Violation of intellectual property rights implementing R.A. No. 8293;
6) Under P.D. No. 1606, as amended by R.A. No. 8249, the criminal cases of:
a) Government officials and employees;
b) Where the imposable penalty is imprisonment of more than 6 years or fine is more than
Php4,000.00; and
c) Officer charged does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan and not among
those enumerated in Section 4, P.D. No. 1606, as amended;
7) Election Offenses
8) Court Martial Cases, EXCEPT when the offense is Service Oriented, it will be tried by
the court martial provided the President may, in the interest of justice, order or
direct at any time before arraignment that any such crimes or offenses be tried by
the proper civil courts;
9) RTC shall have jurisdiction for offenses cognizable by the Sandiganbayan where the
information:
a) Does not allege any damage to the government or any bribery; or
b) Alleged damage to the government or bribery arising from the same or closely related
transactions or acts in an amount not exceeding 1 Million Pesos.
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN
1) Violations of:
a) R.A. No. 3019;
b) R.A. No. 1379 (An Act Declaring Forfeiture in favor of the State any property found to
have been unlawfully acquired by Public Officer or Employee);
c) Crimes mentioned in RPC (Book 2, Title VII, Section 2, Chapter 2) i.e. Direct Bribery;
Indirect Bribery; Qualified Bribery etc.
The Court of Appeals shall have the power to try cases and conduct hearings, receive
evidence and perform any and all acts necessary to resolve factual issues raised in
a) cases falling within its original jurisdiction, such as actions for annulment of judgments of
RTCS,
b) cases falling within its appellate jurisdiction where a motion for new trial based only on newly
discovered evidence is granted by it.
The CA has the power to grant and conduct new trials or further proceedings. (As amended by
RA No. 7902, February 23, 1995.)
JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction over cases affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; and original and exclusive jurisdiction in
petitions for the issuance of writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against the
Court of Appeals.
In the following cases, the Supreme Court shall exercise original and concurrent
jurisdiction with Regional Trial Court:
1) In petition for the issuance of writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and
habeas corpus; and
2) In actions brought to prevent and restrain violations of law concerning monopolies and
combinations in PINAY JURIST restraint in restraint of trade.
The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify or
affirm on appeal, as the law or rules of court may provide, final judgments and decrees of
inferior courts as herein provided, in
1) All criminal cases involving offenses for which the penalty imposed is death or life
imprisonment; and those involving other offenses which, although not so punished, arose out
of the same occurrence or which may have been committed by the accused on the same
occasion, as that giving rise to the more serious offense, regardless of whether the accused
are charged as principals, accomplices or accessories, or whether they have been tried
jointly or separately;
2) All cases involving petitions for naturalization or denaturalization; and
3) All decisions of the Auditor General, if the appellant is a private person or entity.
The Supreme Court shall further have exclusive jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse,
modify or affirm on certiorari as the law or rules of court may provide, final judgments
and decrees of inferior courts as herein provided, in
1) All cases in which the constitutionality or validity of any treaty, law, ordinance, or executive
order or regulation is in question;
2) All cases involving the legality of any tax, impost, assessment or toll, or any penalty imposed
in relation thereto;
3) All cases in which the jurisdiction of any inferior court is in issue:
4) All other cases in which only errors or questions of law are involved: Provided, however,
That if, in addition to constitutional, tax or jurisdictional questions, the cases mentioned in
the three next preceding paragraphs also involve questions of fact or mixed questions of
fact and law, the aggrieved party shall appeal to the Court of Appeals; and the final
judgment or decision of the latter may be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified or
affirmed by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari; and
5) Final awards, judgments, decisions, or orders of the Commission on Elections, Court of Tax
Appeals, Court of Industrial Relations, the Public Service Commission and the Workmen's
Compensation Commission.