Category Archives: Criminal Law

What possible crime and punishment if a group of people uses the airport to publicly air their protest against aerial spraying by rallying inside and unloading truckloads of sands at its runway?

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Erineus

RA 9497 of March 4, 2008, sec.81, (b), 5 states: b) The following penalties may only be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction after the filing of a proper criminal complaint therein by the Director General and a finding … Continue reading →

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The accused can be convicted of simple illegal possession of firearms, provided that “no other crime was committed by the person arrested

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Erineus

                However, as to petitioner’s conviction for illegal possession of firearms, such judgment must be set aside. We find that he can no longer be held liable for such offense since another crime was committed, i.e., rape. D. 1866, as … Continue reading →

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Statements made against the public figure are essentially true, then no conviction for libel can be had. Any statement that does not contain a provably false factual connotation will receive full constitutional protection

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Erineus

Actual Malice Not Proven         As it has been established that complainant was a public figure, it was incumbent upon the prosecution to prove actual malice on the part of Lim and petitioner when the latter published the article subject … Continue reading →

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Development and Present Status of Criminal Libel

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Erineus

           Under our law, criminal libel is defined as a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, … Continue reading →

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Whether or not petitioner’s act of poking a dirty finger at complainant constitutes grave slander by deed.

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Erineus

The next issue that faces this Court is whether or not petitioner’s act of poking a dirty finger at complainant constitutes grave slander by deed. Following the same principle as enunciated in our foregoing discussion of the first issue, we … Continue reading →

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