Title I: Crimes Against the National Security and the Law of Nations

QUESTIONS

1. What’s the principle behind the fact that a Filipino Citizen, as opposed to an
alien, may be held liable for treason even if he happens to commit it outside
Philippine shores?

2. Q: Supposing that during the Japanese occupation, certain Filipinos were

moving around, convincing the people that the principles of the Japanese
government were better than those of the Philippines. Is this treasonous?

3. Q: The accused is a resident of a city, has knowledge of a conspiracy to

commit treason, but refused to disclose the same to the proper authorities
because they are among the most corrupt. He disclosed his knowledge to the
AFP. Is he liable?

4. Q: A high-ranking official has possession of classified information. In order to

impress a foreign beauty candidate, he shared the information with her. May
he be criminally liable under the second manner of committing Espionage?

5. Q: The US is involved in a war. Suppose the Philippines trained a battalion of

soldiers to be deployed in Iraq; if the person training those soldiers has no
authority to do so, will he be liable?

6. Q: Who declares our neutrality? Cite your reasons

7. Q: May a person be held liable even if the correspondence contains innocent

matters?

8. Q: What are the 2 kinds of piracy punished by our laws? Explain each.

9. Q: Supposing a group of skydivers on board a PH plane were about to stage

an exhibition. At an altitude of 15,000 ft. the door of the plane opened and the
divers jumped out. The last person, instead of jumping, seized control of the
plane instead. Is he liable?

10. Q: On a banca from Mandaluyong to Makati, one of the passengers was a

hold-upper, in the middle of the river, he announced a hold-up and demanded
that you give your belongings to him. What crime did he commit? Cite your
arguments.
 Title II: Crimes Against the Fundamental Law of State

QUESTIONS

1. Q: What are the instances when a warrantless arrest may be considered lawful?

2. Q: Y was killed by an unknown assailant. The officers got a tip that X was the
offender. They arrested him. X voluntarily admitted that he did it although he was
not asked by the officers to do so. He was detained. Was there arbitrary
detention?

3. Q: Distinguish Arbitrary Detention from Illegal Detention.

4. Q: Suppose you killed a neighbor in the course of your town fiesta. There was a
police officer present and he arrested you because he saw the killing happen.
Within how many hours must he deliver you to the proper authorities?

5. Q: Assuming that the detention was illegal to begin with, does this affect the
validity of your arrest?

6. Q: Suppose there is a convict who has already served the minimum of his
sentence and was allowed parole. The condition of his parole fixes his residence
in a different place, against his own will. Is the condition valid?

Q: Give instances when a person may be lawfully compelled to change his

address.

7. Q: Suppose the judge was not in his sala. You were one of the NBI agents. You
were pressed for time so you asked the judge’s wife – who was present –to sign
the warrant. The wife happened to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court. Is the search warrant valid?

8. Q: A search warrant was issued for shabu and other paraphernalia. After digging
around in the back of the house, the agents found unlicensed firearms. Are the
same admissible?

9. X, a private person, boxed a priest while the priest was giving homily and while
the latter was maligning a relative of X. Is X liable?
10. Certain aliens were arrested and they were just put on the first aircraft which brought
them to the country so that they may be out without due process of law. Was there a
crime committed? Explain your answer.