Indeed, the long-standing general rule is that criminal liability for Estafa is not affected by payment, indemnification, reimbursement...

The rules also establish a clear quantum of evidence—prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction—to ensure that only...

Fiscal Fred Nojara, renowned criminal law lecturer, and prosecutor, expressed dismay over the illegal copying of his book. "COPYING IS A...

The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft complaints against former mayor Teddy Tumang of Mexico town, Pampanga, and a trader due to...

The waiver of Article 125 of the RPC does not vest upon the DOJ, PPO, BJMP, and PNP the unbridled right to indefinitely incarcerate an...

Before one can have an expectation of privacy in his or her OSN activity, it is first necessary that said user, x x x, manifest the...

RE: LIBEL | The identifiability of the victim Libel is defined as a "public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect,...

Published by SCph May 3, 2024 The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Republic Act No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and...

The law of nature — the "foundation of the privilege to use all reasonable means to repel an aggression that endangers one's own life and...

BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS The judicial quest to discern who may be offenders as defined in a penal statute is at times abstruse in itself....

SUFFICIENCY OF THE INFORMATION It is fundamental that every element of the crime must be set out in the Information[13] to avoid surprise...

CREDIBILITY OF WITNESS We stress that the CA and the RTC's assessments on the credibility of the prosecution witnesses and the veracity...

In G.R. Nos. 241494, 256660 & 256078 (Sen. Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV v. Hon. Salvador C. Medialdea, et al; People of the...

RE: Mere delay in the proceedings is not tantamount to a violation of the right to speedy disposition of cases or speedy trial BALANCING...

Non-inclusion of other conspirators in the indictment, by itself, is not violative of the right to be fully informed of the nature and...

The crime of rape — whether simple, qualified, or complexed with other crimes — is difficult to substantiate because it is generally...

The Supreme Court is set to amend the Rules of Court to remove the authority of trial court officers to conduct a preliminary...

"The law presumes children in conflict with the law to have acted without discernment. The burden of proof is on the prosecution to...