Crim 1 Syllabus
Crim 1 Syllabus
Crim 1 Syllabus
College of Law
General Luna Street
Iloilo City
COURSE SYLLABUS
SECTION/S : JD 1D
I. CRIMINAL LAW 1
PRELIM
A. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
B. PRELIMINARY TITLE (ARTS. 1-2)
1. Theories in Criminal Law
2. Territoriality Principle, Extra-territoriality Principle, Generality
Principle and Prospectivity
Cases:
People vs. Ramirez (48 Phil. 206)
U.S. vs. Maleza (14 Phil. 468, 470)
U.S. vs Ah Chong (15 Phil. 488, 495)
Soriano vs. People (88 Phil. 368, 374)
People vs. Oanis (74 Phil 257)
C. TITLE ONE : FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
I. Chapter one : Felonies ( Arts. 3-10)
a. Kinds of Intentional Crime
b. Abberatio Ictus, Error in Personae and Praeter Intentionem
c. Impossible Crime
d. Consummated, frustrated and attempted felonies
II. Chapter two : Justifying circumstances and circumstances which
exempt from criminal liability ( Arts. 11-12)
a. Justifying vs. Exempting Circumstances
b. Anti-Violence Against women and their Children Act of
2004 – R.A. 9262
c. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (R.A. No.9344),
as amended by R.A. No. 10630
III. Chapter three: Circumstances which mitigate criminal liability ( Art.
13)
IV. Chapter four: Circumstance which aggravate criminal liability (Art.
14)
a. Kinds of aggravating Circumstances
V. Chapter five: Alternative circumstances (Art. 15)
a. Relationship,
b. Intoxication, and
c. Degree of Education/ Instruction
MIDTERM
D. TITLE TWO: PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES
(ARTS. 16 – 20)
i. Principal, Accomplices and
Accessories
1. Requisites to be considered as Principal
2. Requisites to be considered as Accomplice
3. Punishable Acts of Accessories
E. TITLE THREE: PENALTIES
I. Chapter one: Penalties in general (Arts. 21-24)
II. Chapter two: Classification of penalties (Arts. 25-26)
i. Principal Penalties
ii. Accessory Penalties
iii. Subsidiary Penalties
III. Chapter three: Duration and effects of penalties (Arts. 27 – 45)
i. Capital Punishment
ii. Afflictive Penalties
iii. Correction Penalties
iv. Light Penalties
IV. Chapter four: Application of penalties (Arts. 46-77)
V. Indeterminate sentence law (Act 4103 as amended by Act No. 4225)
Vi. Chapter five: Execution and service of penalties (Arts. 78-88)
a. Three-Fold Place
b. Probation Law (P.D. 968, As Amended by R.A. 10707)
c. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (R.A. 9344, As amended)
d. The Child and Youth Welfare Code (P.D. No. 602, as amended)
FINAL
F. TITLE FOUR: EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
I. Chapter one: Total extinction of criminal Liability (Arts. 89-93)
a. Prescription
b. Effects of th Death of the Accused
c. Service of Sentence
d. Amnesty,
e. Absolute Pardon
f. Marriage of the offended woman
II. Chapter two: Partial extinction of criminal liability (Arts. 94-99)
a. R.A. 10592 amending Arts. 94, 97, 98 and 99
G. TITLE FIVE: CIVIL LIABILITY
I. Chapter one: Person civilly liable for felonies (Arts. 100-103)
II. Chapter two: What civil liability includes (Arts. 104-111)
a. Restitution
b. Reparation of damage caused and
c. Indemnification for consequential damages
III. Chapter three: Extinction and survival of civil liability (Arts. 112-113)
H. SPECIAL PENAL LAWS
I. Act prohibiting the imposition of death penalty in the Philippines (R.A.
9346)
II. Indeterminate sentence law (Act No. 4103, as amended by Act No.
4225)
III. Probation law of 1976 – p.d. 968 as amended by R.A. 101707
IV. Juvenile justice and welfare Act of 2006 (R.A. No. 9344)