UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF LAW

COURSE OUTLINE IN CRIMINAL LAW 2

2nd Semester, SY 2022-2023
(Block 1E2 under Judge Augusto Jose Y. Arreza)

A. Class session rules:

1. Attendance will be checked at the beginning of every session.
2. Recitation will be conducted every session. Students are expected,
therefore, to participate during the sessions. Hence, they are expected to
have read the materials scheduled to be covered during the session.
3. When a student is reciting, the rest of the class is expected to listen to
him/her.
4. Students are encouraged to participate in the discussion by asking
questions.
5. A student who is called to recite is expected to close his/her book and
notes during his/her recitation.

B. Bases for student evaluation at the end of the semester:

Recitation - 30%
Mid-Term Exam - 20%
Final Exam - 50%

No grade of 3w or 4

I. Crimes Against National Security

Art. 114 – Treason

- People v. Adriano, 78 Phil. 561
- Laurel v. Misa, 77 Phil. 856
- People v. Roble, 83 Phil. 1

Art. 115 – Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Treason

- U.S. v. Bautista, 6 Phil. 581

Art. 116 – Misprision of Treason

- U.S. v. Caballeros, 4 Phil. 350

Art. 117 – Espionage

- Santos v. Misa, 76 Phil. 415
- C.A. No. 616

Art. 118 – Inciting to war or giving motives for reprisals

Art. 119. – Violation of neutrality

Art. 120 – Correspondence with hostile country

Art. 121 – Flight to enemy’s country

Art. 122 – Piracy and mutiny on the high seas or in Philippine waters
- People v. Lol-lo, 43 Phil. 19
- U.S. v. Dasal, 3 Phil. 6
- P.D. No. 532
- R.A. No. 7659
- R.A. No. 9372, Sec. 3

Art. 123 – Qualified piracy

- R.A. No. 6235
- People v. Siyoh, 141 SCRA 356
- People v. Ang Cho Kio, 95 Phil. 475

II. Crimes Against the Fundamental Laws of the State

Art. 124 – Arbitrary detention

- Rule 113, Sec. 5, Revised Rules of Court
- Milo v. Salanga, 152 SCRA 113
- U.S. v. Cabanag, 8 Phil. 64
- People v. Bringas, 619 SCRA 481

Art. 125 – Delay in the delivery of detained prisoners

- Revised Rules of Court, Rule 112, Sec. 6, parag. 2
- Lino vs. Fuguso, 77 Phil. 933
- Sayo v. Chief of Police, 80 Phil. 859

Art. 126 – Delaying release

Art. 127 – Expulsion

- Villavicencio v. Lukban, 39 Phil. 778

Art. 128 - Violation of domicile

- Revised Rules of Court, Rule 113, Sec. 11
- U.S. vs. Vallejo, 11 Phil. 193
- Moncado v. People, 80 Phil. 1

Art. 129 – Search warrants maliciously obtained and abuse in the service of those
legally obtained
- Art. III, Sec. 2, 1987 Constitution
- Alvarez v. Court, 64 Phil. 33
- Burgos v. Chief of Staff, 133 SCRA 800

Art. 130 – Searching domicile without witnesses

- Sec. 8, Rule 126, Revised Rules of Court
- Papa v. Mago, 22 SCRA 857

Art. 131 – Prohibition, interruption, and dissolution of peaceful meetings

- People vs. Evangelista, 57 Phil. 372
- Primicias vs. Fugoso, 80 Phil. 71

Art. 132 – Interruption of religious worship

Art. 133 – Offending the religious feelings

- People v. Baes, 68 Phil. 203

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III. Crimes Against Public Order

Art. 134 – Rebellion or insurrection

- People v. Hernandez, 99 Phil. 515
- Buscayno v. Military Commission, 109 SCRA 273
- Enrile v. Salazar, 186 SCRA 217

Art. 134-A – Coup d’etat

- Gonzales v. Abaya, 498 SCRA 445, 476 (concurring opinion of Callejo, J.)
- R.A. No. 9372, Sec. 3

Art. 135 – Penalty for rebellion, insurrection or coup d’etat

Art. 136 – Conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d’etat, rebellion or

insurrection
- People v. Geronimo, 100 Phil. 90
- People v. Hernandez, 11 SCRA 223
- People v. Lava, 28 SCRA 72

Art. 137 – Disloyalty of public officers or employees

- People v. Ravidas, 4 Phil. 271

Art. 138 – Inciting to rebellion or insurrection

Art. 139 – Sedition

- People v. Cabrera, G.R. No. 17755, March 4, 1922

Art. 140 – Penalty for sedition

Art. 141 – Conspiracy to commit sedition

- U.S. v. Planas, G.R. No. 6867, December 23, 1911

Art. 142 – Inciting to sedition

- Espuelas v. People, G.R. No. L-2990, December 17, 1951
- Primicias v. Fugoso, 80 Phil. 71

Art. 143 – Acts tending to prevent the meeting of the Assembly and similar bodies
- People v. Alipit, 44 Phil. 910

Art. 144 – Disturbance of proceedings

- Decena v. Malanyaon, 427 SCRA 153

Art. 145 – Violation of parliamentary immunity

- cf. Sec. 11, Art. VI, 1987 Constitution

Art. 146 – Illegal assemblies

Art. 147 – Illegal association

Art. 148 – Direct assaults

- Rivera v. People, 462 SCRA 350

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Art. 149 – Indirect assaults

Art. 150 – Disobedience to summons issued by the National Assembly, its

committees or subcommittees, by the Constitutional Commissions, its committees,
subcommittees or divisions

Art. 151 – Resistance and disobedience to a person in authority or the agents of

such person

Art. 152 – Persons in authority and agents of persons in authority

Art. 153 – Tumults and other disturbances of public order

Art. 154 – Unlawful use of means of publications and unlawful utterances

Art. 155 – Alarms and scandals

Art. 156 – Delivering prisoners from jail

Art. 157 – Evasion of service of sentence

- Pangan v. Gatbalite, 449 SCRA 144

Art.158 – Evasion of service of sentence on the occasion of disorders,

conflagrations, earthquakes, or other calamities
- R.A. No. 10592, Sec. 4
- Art. 98

Art. 159 – Other cases of evasion of service of sentence

- People v. Ponce de Leon, 56 Phil. 386
- Torres v. Gonzales, 152 SCRA 272

Art. 160 – Commission of another crime during service of penalty imposed for
another previous offense

IV. Crimes Against Public Interest

Art. 161 – Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the Philippine
Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive
- Secs. 14 and 15, Chapt. 4, Book 1, E.O. No. 292

Art. 162 – Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or stamp

Art. 163 – Making and importing and uttering false coins

Art. 164 – Mutilation of coins

Art. 165 – Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance

Art. 166 – Forging treasury or banknotes or other documents payable to bearer;

importing, and uttering such false or forged notes and documents

Art. 167 – Counterfeiting, importing, and uttering instruments not payable to

bearer

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Art. 168 - Illegal possession and use of false treasury or bank notes and other
instruments of credit
- People v. Digoro, 16 SCRA 376
- Clemente v. People, 652 SCRA 382

Art. 169 – How forgery is committed

Art. 170 – Falsification of legislative documents

Art. 171 – Falsification by public officer, employee or notary or ecclesiastical

minister
- Lastrilla v. Granda, 481 SCRA 324
- Galeos v. People, 642 SCRA 485

Art. 172 – Falsification by private individuals and use of falsified documents

Art. 173 – Falsification of wireless, cable, telegraph, and telephone messages, and
use of said falsified messages

Art. 174. – False medical certificates, false certificates of merit or service, etc.

Art. 175 – Using false certificates

Art. 176 – Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for

falsification

Art. 177 – Usurpation of authority or official functions

Art. 178 – Using fictitious name and concealing true name

- R.A. No. 6085

Art. 179 – Illegal use of uniforms or insignia

Art. 180 – False testimony against a defendant

Art. 181 – False testimony favorable to the defendant

Art. 182 – False testimony in civil cases

Art. 183 – False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation

Art. 184 – Offering false testimony in evidence

Art. 185 – Machinations in public auctions

Art. 186 – Monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade

- Repealed by R.A. No. 10667 (The Philippine Competition Act)

Art. 187 – Importation and disposition of falsely marked articles or merchandise

made of gold, silver, or other precious metals or their alloys

Art. 188 – Substituting and altering trademarks, tradenames, or service marks

- Repealed by R.A. No. 8293 (The Intellectual Property Code)

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Art. 189 – Unfair competition, fraudulent registration of trade name, trademark, or
service mark, fraudulent designation of origin, and false description
- Repealed by R.A. No. 8293 (The Intellectual Property Code)

V. Crimes Relative to Opium and Other Prohibited Drugs

Arts. 190 to 194 – Repealed by R.A. No. 6425, PD No. 1683, and RA No. 9165, as
amended by R.A. No. 9287

VI. Crimes Against Public Morals

Art. 195 to 199 – Repealed or modified by PD Nos. 483, 449 and 1602

Art. 200 – Grave scandal

Art. 201 – Immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions, and indecent
shows

Art. 202 – Vagrants and prostitutes

- People v. Siton, 600 SCRA 476
- R.A. No. 10158

VII. Crimes Committed by Public Officers

Art. 203 – Who are public officers

- R.A. No. 3019, Sec. 2(b):
- Laurel vs. Desierto, 381 SCRA 48
- Veterans Federation of the Phils. vs. Reyes, 483 SCRA 526
- Davao City Water District v. CSC, 201 SCRA 593
- Sec. 2, R.A. No. 3019
- Sec. 2(14), Introductory Provisions, E.O. No. 292
- Sec. 3(b), R.A. No. 6713

Art. 204 – Knowingly rendering unjust judgment

Art. 205 – Judgment rendered through negligence

Art. 206 – Unjust interlocutory order

Art. 207 – Malicious delay in the administration of justice

Art. 208 – Prosecution of offenses; negligence and tolerance

Art. 209 – Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor; Revelation of secrets

Art. 210 – Direct bribery

- R.A. No. 3019, Sec. 3(a), (b), (c), (d)

Art. 211 – Indirect bribery

- P.D. No. 46
- Formilleza v. Sandiganbayan, 159 SCRA 1
- P.D. No. 749

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Art. 211-A – Qualified bribery

Art. 212 – Corruption of public officials

Art. 213 – Frauds against the public treasury and similar offenses
- Ganaden v. Bolasco, 64 SCRA 50

Art. 214 – Other frauds

- U.S. v. Dacuycuy, 9 Phil. 88

Art. 215 – Prohibited transactions

Art. 216 – Possession of prohibited interest by a public officer

- U.S. v. Udarbe, 28 Phil. 382

Art. 217 – Malversation of public funds or property – Presumption of malversation

- U.S. v. Wickersham, 20 Phil. 440
- U.S. v. Velasquez, 32 Phil.157
- People v. Sendaydiego, 81 SCRA 10
- Tabuena v. Sandiganbayan, 268 SCRA 332
- Torres v. People, 656 SCRA 486
- Candao v. People, 659 SCRA 696

There is malversation even if there is no direct evidence of misappropriation and the only
evidence is unexplainable shortage.
- Perez v. People, 544 SCRA 532

Art. 218 – Failure of accountable officer to render accounts

Art. 219 – Failure of responsible officer to render accounts before leaving the
country

Art. 220 – Illegal use of public funds or property

Good faith not a defense in technical malversation
- Ysidoro v. People, 685 SCRA 637

Art. 221 – Failure to make delivery of public funds or property

Art. 222 – Officer included

Art. 223 – Conniving with or consenting to evasion

Art. 224 – Evasion through negligence

Art. 225 – Escape of prisoner under the custody of a person not a public officer

Art. 226 – Removal, concealment or destruction of documents

Art. 227 - Officer breaking seal

Art. 228 – Opening of closed documents

Art. 229 – Revelation of secrets by an officer

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Art. 230 – Public officer revealing secrets of private individual

Art. 231 – Open disobedience

Art. 232 – Disobedience to order of superior officer, when said order was
suspended by inferior officer

Art. 233 – Refusal of assistance

Art. 234 – Refusal to discharge elective office

Art. 235 – Maltreatment of prisoners

Art. 236 – Anticipation of duties of a public office

Art. 237 – Prolonging performance of duties and powers

Art. 238 – Abandonment of office or position

Art. 239 – Usurpation of legislative powers

Art. 240 – Usurpation of executive functions

Art. 241 – Usurpation of judicial functions

Art. 242 – Disobeying request for disqualification

Art. 243 – Orders or requests by executive officers to any judicial authority

Art. 244 – Unlawful appointments

Art. 245 – Abuses against chastity

VIII. Crimes Against Persons

Art. 246 - Parricide

Art. 247 – Death or physical injuries inflicted under exceptional circumstances

- U.S. v. Alano, 32 Phil. 381
- People v. Gonzales, 69 Phil. 66
- People v. Abarca, 153 SCRA 735 c

Art. 248 - Murder

- People v. Tomas, Sr., 643 SCRA 530
- People v. Estacio, 593 SCRA 426
- People v. Molina, 292 SCRA 742
- R.A. No. 9372, Sec. 3

Art. 249 – Homicide

- Esqueda v. People, 589 SCRA 489
- Colinares v. People, 662 SCRA 266
- People v. Penesa, 81 Phil. 398
- People v. Castillo, 76 Phil. 72
- People v. Avecilla, 351 SCRA 635

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 - Celino v. CA, 526 SCRA 195

Art. 250 – Penalty for frustrated parricide, murder, or homicide

- The penalty is equivalent to two and three degrees lower than the penalty for the
principal in the consummated felony.

Art. 251 – Death caused in a tumultuous affray

- U.S. v. Tandoc, 40 Phil. 954
- People v. Corpus, 102 SCRA 674

Art. 252 – Physical injuries inflicted in a tumultuous affray

Art. 253 – Giving assistance to suicide

Art. 254 – Discharge of firearms

Art. 255 - Infanticide

Art. 256 – Intentional abortion

Art. 257 – Unintentional abortion

Art. 258 – Abortion practiced by the woman herself or her parents

Art. 259 – Abortion practiced by a physician or midwife and dispensing of

abortives

Art. 260 – Responsibility of participants in a duel

Art. 261 – Challenging to a duel

Art. 262 - Mutilation

Art. 263 – Serious physical injuries

- Roque v. People, 755 SCRA 20

Art. 264 – Administering injurious substances or beverages

Art. 265 – Less serious physical injuries

Art. 266 – Slight physical injuries and maltreatment

Art. 266-A - Rape, when and how committed

- Art. 335, RPC
- R.A. No. 8353
- People v. Alfredo, 638 SCRA 749
- People v. Rellota, 626 SCRA 422
- People v. Apattad, 655 SCRA 335
- People v. Padua, 645 SCRA 744
- People v. Abello, 582 SCRA 378
- People v. Garcia, 617 SCRA 318
- People v. Court of Appeals, 751 SCRA 675

Rape with homicide

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 - People v. Villaflores, 669 SCRA 365

Art. 266-B - Penalties

- People v. Macapanas, 620 SCRA 54

Elements of Qualified rape/circumstance of minority of victim

- People v. Gallano, 752 SCRA 1 (2015)

Art. 266-C - Effect of pardon

- People v. de Guzman, March 3, 2010

Question: 1. Other than the death of the offender, when is the criminal action for rape
extinguished?
2. What effect does the marriage between the offender and the victim in a crime
of rape have after the latter has been convicted and sentenced?
3. In a single act of rape when there are two or more offenders, what is the effect
of the marriage between one of the offenders and the victim have on the other
offenders?

Art. 266-D - Presumptions

IX. Crimes Against Personal Liberty and Security

Art. 267 – Kidnapping and serious illegal detention

- R.A. No. 9372, Sec. 3
- People v. Uyboco, 640 SCRA 146
- People v. Montanir, 647 SCRA 170
- People vs. Baluya, 648 SCRA 708
- People v. Anticamara, 651 SCRA 489

Kidnapping with multiple rape

- People v. Mirandilla, Jr., 654 SCRA 761

Art. 268 – Slight illegal detention

Art. 269 – Unlawful arrest

Art. 270 – Kidnapping and failure to return a minor

- People v. Jo, 143 SCRA 552

Art. 271 – Inducing a minor to abandon his home

Art. 272 - Slavery

Art. 273 – Exploitation of child labor

Art. 274 – Services rendered under compulsion in payment of debt

Art. 275 – Abandonment of persons in danger and abandonment of one’s own

victim

Art. 276 – Abandoning a minor

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Art. 277 – Abandonment of minor by person entrusted with his custody;
indifference of parents

Art. 278 – Exploitation of minors

Art. 279 – Additional penalties for other offenses

Art. 280 – Qualified trespass to dwelling

- People v. Lamahang, 61 Phil. 703
- U.S. v. Silvano, 31 Phil. 510
- Sec. 11, Rule 113

Art. 281 – Other forms of trespass

Art. 282 – Grave threats

Art. 283 – Light threats

Art. 284 – Bond for good behavior

Art. 285 – Other light threats

Art. 286 – Grave coercions

- Alejandro v. Bernas, 657 SCRA 255
- Barbasa v. Tuquero, 575 SCRA 102
- Sy v. Secretary of Justice, 511 SCRA 92

Art. 287 – Light coercions

Art. 288 – Other similar coercions

Art. 289 – Formation, maintenance, and prohibition of combination of capital or

labor through violence or threats

Art. 290 – Discovering secrets through seizure of correspondence

Art. 291 – Revealing secrets with abuse of office

Art. 292 – Revelation of industrial secrets

X. Crimes Against Property

Art. 293 – Who are guilty of robbery

Art. 294 – Robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons

- R.A. No. 7659
- People v. Regala, 329 SCRA 707
- People v. Torres, 735 SCRA 687
- People v. Chavez, 735 SCRA 728

Art. 295 – Robbery with physical injuries, committed in an uninhabited place and
by a band, or with the use of firearm on a street, road or alley

Art. 296 – Definition of a band and penalty incurred by the members thereof

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Art. 297 – Attempted and frustrated robbery committed under certain
circumstances

Art. 298 – Execution of deeds by means of violence or intimidation

Art. 299 – Robbery in an inhabited house or public building or edifice devoted to

worship

Art. 300 – Robbery in an inhabited place and by a band

Art. 301 – What is an inhabited house, public building, or building dedicated to

religious worship and their dependencies

Art. 302 – Robbery in an uninhabited place or in a private building

Art. 303 – Robbery of cereals, fruits or firewood in an uninhabited place or private

building

Art. 304 – Possession of picklocks or similar tools

- People v. Lopez, 14 SCRA 30

Art. 305 - False keys

- People v. Lopez, 14 SCRA 30

Art. 306 – Who are brigands

- PD No. 532
- People v. Laurente, G.R. No. 116734, March 29, 1996

Art. 307 – Aiding and abetting a band of brigands

Art. 308 – Who are liable for theft

There is no crime of frustrated theft

- Valenzuela vs. People, 525 SCRA 306

Art. 309 - Penalties

Art. 310 – Qualified theft

- cf R.A. No. 6539, as amended
- People v. Bustinera, 431 SCRA 284

Art. 311 – Theft of the property of the National Library and National Museum

Art. 312 – Occupation of real property or usurpation of real rights in property

Art. 313 – Altering boundaries or landmarks

Art. 314 – Fraudulent insolvency

Art. 315 – Swindling (estafa)

- Lateo v. People, 651 SCRA 262
- People v. Lo, 577 SCRA 116
- People v. Montaner, 656 SCRA 605

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 - People v. Cardenas, 578 SCRA 308
- People v. Abordo, 588 SCRA 148
- People v. Wagas, 705 SCRA 17
- Delgado v. People, 611 SCRA 649
- P.D. No. 818
- B.P. Blg. 22
- P.D. No. 115

Conviction for estafa does not bar conviction for illegal recruitment under the
Labor Code; prescribed penalty for estafa
- People vs. Temporada, 574 SCRA 258

Distinction between material or physical possession and juridical possession

- U.S. v. De Vera, 43 Phil. 1001
- Paramount Insurance Corp. v. Sps. Remondeulaz, 686 SCRA 567

Art. 316 – Other forms of swindling

Art. 317 – Swindling a minor

Art. 318 – Other deceits

- People v. Ganasi, 61 O.G. 3604

Art. 319 – Removal, sale or pledge of mortgage property

- U.S. v. Rimon, 23 Phil. 13

Art. 320 – Destructive Arson

- P.D. No. 1613
- P.D. No. 1744
- R.A. No. 7659 (repealed by R.A. No. 9346, which abolished the death penalty)
- People v. Murcia, 614 SCRA 741
- People v. Baluntong, 615 SCRA 455
- U.S. v. Go Foo Suy, 25 Phil. 187
- People v. de Leon, 580 SCRA 617

Art. 327 – Who are liable for malicious mischief

- Taguinod v. People, 659 SCRA 23

Art. 328 – Special cases of malicious mischief

Art. 329 – Other mischief

Art. 330 – Damage and obstruction to means of communication

Art. 331 – Destroying or damaging statues, public monuments or paintings

Art. 332 – Persons exempt from criminal liability

XI. Crimes Against Chastity

Art. 333 – Who are guilty of adultery

Question: What defense may a man raise against a charge of adultery against him?

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Art. 334 - Concubinage

Art. 336 - Acts of lasciviousness

- People v. Collado, 60 Phil. 610
- People v. Buenafe, 99 Phil. 306
- Tibong v. People, 630 SCRA 639
- People v. Bon, 396 SCRA 506
- People v. Rellota, 626 SCRA 422
- Quimvel v. People, G.R. No. 214497, April 18, 2017

Art. 337 – Qualified seduction

Art. 338 – Simple seduction

Art. 339 – Acts of lasciviousness with the consent of the offended party

Art. 340 – Corruption of minors

Art. 341 – White slave trade

Art. 342 – Forcible abduction

- U.S. v. De Vivar, 29 Phil. 451
- People v. Ramirez, 39 Phil. 738
- People v. Crisostomo, 46 Phil. 775
- People v. Toledo, 83 Phil. 777

Abduction with multiple rape

- People v. Garcia, 378 SCRA 266

Art. 343 – Consented abduction

- U.S. v. Reyes, 20 Phil. 510
- People v. Amante, 49 Phil. 679

Art. 344 – Prosecution of crimes of adultery, concubinage, seduction, abduction,

rape, and acts of lasciviousness
- Samilin v. Court of First Instance, 57 Phil. 298
- Pilapil v. Ibay-Somera, 174 SCRA 653

Art. 345 – Civil liability of persons guilty of crimes against chastity

Art. 346 – Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers, or other persons entrusted

with the custody of the offended party

XII. Crimes Against the Civil Status of Persons

Art. 347 – Simulation of births, substitution of one child for another, and
concealment or abandonment of a legitimate child
- cf. Art. 276, RPC
- U.S. v. Capillo, 30 Phil. 355

Question: What is the crime committed by one who registers a baby as her own when in
truth the child is that of another woman?

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Art. 348 – Usurpation of civil status

Art. 349 – Bigamy

- cf. Art. 40, E.O. 209
- Teves v. People, 656 SCRA 307
- Nollora, Jr. v. People, 657 SCRA 330
- Tenebro v. Court of Appeals, 423 SCRA 272
- People v. Nepomuceno, Jr. 64 SCRA 518
- Zamoranos v. People, G.R. No. 193902, June 1, 2011.

Question: In a prosecution for bigamy, why is the validity of the second marriage a prejudicial
question?

Art. 350 – Marriage contracted against provisions of law

Art. 351 – Premature marriages

- Repealed by R.A. No. 10655 (3/13/15)

Art. 352 – Performance of illegal marriage ceremony

- cf. Art. 177, RPC
- U.S. v. San Juan, 25 Phil. 513

XIII. Crimes Against Honor

Art. 353 – Definition of libel

- cf. Sec. 4(c)(4), R.A. No. 10175
- Lopez v. People, 642 SCRA 668

Imposition of fine instead of imprisonment

- Lagaya v. People, 677 SCRA 478

Art. 354 – Requirement for publicity

Art. 355 – Libel by means of writings or similar means

Art. 356 - Threatening to publish and offer to prevent such publication for a
compensation

Art. 357 – Prohibited publication of acts referred to in the course of official

proceedings

Art. 358 - Slander

- People v. Reyes, 137 Phil. 112
- Pader v. People, 325 SCRA 117

Art. 359 – Slander by deed

- Secs. 39-42 & 46, R.A. No. 7277, as amended by R.A. No. 9442

Art. 360 – Persons responsible

Art. 361 – Proof of the truth

Art. 362 – Libelous remarks

Art. 363 – Incriminating innocent person

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Art. 364 – Intriguing against honor

XIV. Quasi Offenses

Art. 365 – Imprudence and negligence

- cf. R.A. No. 10586, Secs. 3(e), (f), Sec. 12
- Buerano v. Court of Appeals, 200 Phil. 486 (1982)
- People v. City Court of Manila, 206 Phil. 555 (1983)
- Ivler v. San Pedro, 635 SCRA 191 (2010)

Art. 366 – Application of laws enacted prior to RPC

XV. Special Penal Laws

P.D. No. 1866 (Illegal Possession of Firearms), as amended by R.A. No. 10591
- People v. Molina, 292 SCRA 742
- People v. Narvasa, 298 SCRA 637

B.P. Blg. 22 (Bouncing Checks Law)

The essential elements of the offense.
- Azarcon v. People, 622 SCRA 341
- Go vs. Dimagiba, 460 SCRA 451 (2005)
- Administrative Circular 12-2000, as clarified by Administrative Circular 13-2001

R.A. No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act)

Essential elements of the offense defined in Sec. 3(b)
- Cadiao-Palacios v. People, 582 SCRA 713

Elements of the offense defined in Sec. 3(g); acquittal of the public official
charged should also result in the acquittal of the private individual charged
with him.
- Go vs. Fifth Division, Sandiganbayan, 585 SCRA 404

Elements of the offense defined in Sec. 3(e)

- M.A. Jimenez Enterprises, Inc. vs. Ombudsman, 650 SCRA 381
- Sison v. People, 614 SCRA 670 (2010)
- Respicio v. People, 650 SCRA 573
- Alvarez v. People, 653 SCRA 52

Elements of the offense defined in Sec. 3(b)

- People v. Hon. Sandiganbayan, 712 SCRA 359 (2013)

P.D. No. 1602 (The Anti-Gambling Law of 1978), as modified by R.A. No. 9287

RA 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act, 2012)

- Disini v. The Secretary of Justice, G.R. No. 203335, February 11, 2014

R.A. No. 7080 (Plunder Law)

- Estrada v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 148965. February 26, 2002

R.A. No. 7610 (The Child Abuse Law)

- People v. Abello, 582 SCRA 378
- Sanchez v. People, 588 SCRA 747

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 - Quimvel v. People, G.R. No. 214497, April 18, 2017

R.A. No. 9160 (Anti-Money Laundering Act)

R.A. No. 9165 (The Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002), as amended by

R.A. No. 10640
- Chain of custody rule
- People v. Romy Lim, G.R. No. 23189, 4 September 2018, and 13 November 2018
- People v. Littaua, G.R. No. 243627, 27 November 2019

A person caught in possession of different kinds of prohibited drugs shall be

charged with and may be convicted of one offense only.
- David v. People, G.R. No. 181861, October 17, 2011.

RA No. 10364 (The Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012)

R.A. No. 9262 (The Violence Against Women and Their Children Act)
- People v. Genosa, 341 SCRA 493
- Del Socoro v. Van Wilsem, 744 SCRA 516
- People v. Acharon, G.R. No. 224946, November 9, 2021

CA No. 142 (An Act to Regulate the Use of Aliases), as amended by R.A. No.
6085
- Ursua v. Court of Appeals, 256 SCRA 147

R.A. No. 9851 (Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law,
Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity)
- Geneva Conventions of 1949

R.A. No. 10667 (The Philippine Competition Act)

R.A. No. 8293 (The Intellectual Property Code), as amended by R.A. No. 10372

R.A. No. 11313 (The Safe Spaces Act)

R.A. No. 11479 (The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020)

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