CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Art. 11. Justifying circumstances

A. Self-defense; requisites
1. People vs. Cabungcal, 51 Phil. 803
2. People vs. Samson, G.R. No. 214883, September 2, 2015, 769 SCRA 171

B. Self-defense; unlawful aggression

3. People vs. Sabio, 19 SCRA 901
4. People vs. Campos, 653 SCRA 99

C. Self-defense; rule when aggression has stopped

5. People vs. Dulin, G.R. No. 171284, June 28, 2015, 760 SCRA 413
6. People vs. Alconga, 78 Phil.366

D. Self-defense; defense of honor

7. People vs. Jaurigue, 76 Phil. 174
8. People vs. Dela Cruz, 61 Phil. 144

E. Defense of property and person

9. People vs. Enconmienda, 46 SCRA 522

F. Defense of stranger
10. Cabuslay vs. People, 471 SCRA 241

G. Accident
11. Ty vs. People, 435 SCRA 332

H. Performance of duty
12. Valcorza vs. People, 30 SCRA 143
13. Cabanlig vs. People, 464 SCRA 324

I. Battered Woman Syndrome

14. People vs. Genosa, 341 SCRA 493
Sec. 26, Republic Act 9262

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Art.12. Exempting Circumstances

A. Insanity
15. People vs. Ambal, 100 SCRA 325
16. People vs. Tibon, 622 SCRA 510

B. Sleepwalking
17. People vs. Taneo, 58 Phil. 196

C. Minority
Secs. 6 & 20, Republic 9344
18. People vs. Ancajas, G.R. No. 199270, October 21, 2015, 773 SCRA 518
19. Dorado vs. People, G.R. No. 216671, October 3, 2016

D. Accident
20. Marikina Auto Line Transport Corp. vs. People, 486 SCRA 284
21. Pomoy vs. People, 439 SCRA 439

E. Duress
22. People vs. Anticamara, 651 SCRA 489
23. People vs. Licayan, G.R. No. 203961, July 29, 2015, 764 SCRA 227

Art. 13. Mitigating Circumstances

A. Incomplete self-defense
24. People vs. De Jesus, 118 SCRA 616

B. Minority
25. People vs. Ching, 538 SCRA 117

C. Passion and Obfuscation

26. People vs. Flores, 252 SCRA 31
27. People vs. Bautista, 28 SCRA 184

D. No intention to commit so grave a wrong

28. People vs. Sales, 658 SCRA 367
29. Oriente vs. People, 513 SCRA 348

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 E. Provocation or threat
30. People vs. Rabanillo, 307 SCRA 613

F. Vindication of a grave offense

31. People vs. Evangelista, 256 SCRA 611
32. People vs. Santos, 255 SCRA 309

G. Passion or obfuscation
33. People vs. Caliso, 58 SCRA 283
34. People vs. Real, 242 SCRA 671

H. Voluntary surrender
35. People vs. Crisostomo, 160 SCRA 47

I. Physical and mental defect or illness

36. People vs. Baez, G.R. No. 125849, January 20, 1999
37. People vs. Banez, 301 SCRA 618

J. Analogous circumstances
38. Frontreras vs. People, G.R. No. 190583, December 7, 2015, 776 SCRA 152
39. Legrama vs. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 178626, June 13, 2012, 672 SCRA 270

Art. 14. Aggravating Circumstances

A. Abuse of public position

40. People vs. Ural, 56 SCRA 138
41. People vs. Romualdez, 57 Phil. 148

B. Dwelling
42. People vs. Mori, 55 SCRA 383
43. People vs. Basa, 83 Phil. 622

C. Abuse of confidence or obvious ungratefulness

44. People vs. Torres, G.R. No. 189850, September 22, 2014, 735 SCRA 687
45. US vs. Torida, 23 Phil. 189

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D. Nighttime, uninhabited place, band
46. People vs. Ga, 186 SCRA 789

E. Recidivism
47. People vs. Lagarto, 196 SCRA 611
48. People vs. Lacao, Sr., 201 SCRA 317

F. Evident premeditation

49. People vs. Penones, 200 SCRA 624

G. Treachery
50. People vs. Zabala, G.R. No. 203087, November 23, 2015, 775 SCRA 326

H. Ignominy
51. People vs. Jose, 37 SCRA 450
52. People vs. Balondo, 30 SCRA 155

I. Cruelty
53. People vs. Mariquinia, 84 Phil. 39

J. Use of motor vehicles

54. People vs. Salahuddin, G.R. No. 206291, January 18, 2016

TITLE TWO: PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES

Art. 17. Principal

(1) By direct participation
55. People vs. Balasa, 245 SCRA 49

(2) By induction
56. Ambagan, Jr. v. People, G.R. Nos. 204481-82, October 14, 2015, 772 SCRA 489

(3) By indispensable cooperation

57. People vs. Fernandez, 183 SCRA 511

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 Art. 18. Accomplices
58. Santiago vs. People, G.R. No. 200233, July 15, 2015, 763 SCRA 54
59. People vs. Yao, G.R. No. 208170, August 20, 2014, 733 SCRA 608

Art. 19. Accessories

60. People vs. Penaflor, G.R. No. 206296, August 12, 2015, 766 SCRA 427
61. People vs. SP01 Catalino Gonzales, G.R. No. 192233, February 17, 2016

PD 1612, “The Anti-Fencing Law of 1979”

Title III. PENALTIES

Art. 28. Computation of Penalties

62. People vs. Enriquez, 107 Phil. 201

Art. 29 Preventive Imprisonment

63. People vs. Abanes, 73 SCRA 44
64. City Warden of Manila City Jail vs. Estrella, 364 SCRA 257

Art. 36 Pardon
65. People vs. Salle, Jr. 250 SCRA 592

Art. 39. Subsidiary Penalty

66. Quemel vs. Court of Appeals, 22 SCRA 44

Art. 48. Penalty for Complex Crimes

67. People vs. Magno, G.R. No. 206972, December 2, 2015, 776 SCRA 35
68. People vs. Donio, G.R. No. 21815, March 1, 2017

Continued Crimes
69. People vs. De Leon, 49 Phil. 437
70. People vs. Mission, 194 SCRA 432

Art. 62 (5) Habitual Delinquency

71. People vs. Lacsamana, 70 Phil. 517
72. People vs. Morales, 61 Phil. 222

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Arts. 70, 71 Successive service of sentence, graduated scales; incremental penalties
73. People vs. Echegaray, 267 SCRA 682
74. Echegaray vs. Secretary of Justice, 297 SCRA 754
75. Celestial vs. People, G.R. No. 214865, August 19, 2015, 767 SCRA 706

Act. 4103, “The Indeterminate Sentence Law”

76. People vs. Temporada, G.R. No. 173473, December 17, 2008

PD 968, “The Probation Law”

77. Dimakuta vs. People, G.R. No. 206513, October 30, 2015

RA 9344

TITLE IV. EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Art. 89. How criminal liability is totally extinguished

78. People vs. Bayotas, 236 SCRA 239

Art. 90. Prescription of crimes

79. People vs. Pacificador, GR 139405, March 13, 2001

Art. 91. Computation of the prescription of offenses

80. Recebido vs. People, 346 SCRA 881

Art. 93. Computation of the prescription of penalties

81. Infante vs. Warden, 92 Phil. 310

Art. 97. Allowance for good conduct

82. City Warden of Manila City Jail vs. Estrella, supra
Baking vs. Dir. of Prisons, 28 SCRA 851

Title V. Civil Liability

Art. 100. Civil liability of a person guilty of felony

83. Occena vs. Icamina, 181 SCRA 328

Art. 101. Rules re: civil liability in certain cases

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 84. People vs. Bankili, 40 SCRA 132

At. 103. Subsidiary liability of other persons

85. Carpio vs. Doroja, 180 SCRA 1