CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Atty. Aza M. Alfonso

Wednesday, 6:00-9:00PM

COVERAGE: Rules 110-127 of the Rules of Court

I. Basic concepts
A. Crime
B. Criminal action
C. Criminal procedure
a. Definition
b. Significance/Purpose
D. Construction of rules
E. “Main characters” in a criminal action
a. Complainant
b. Accused
c. Public Prosecutor and/or Private Prosecutor
d. PAO/Counsel for the accused
e. Judge
F. Jurisdiction
a. Venue vs. jurisdiction
b. Jurisdiction over the territory
i. Exceptions in the territorial principle
c. Jurisdiction over the subject matter
i. B.P. 129 or The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980
ii. Jurisdiction of MTC, RTC, CA, SC
iii. Jurisdiction of Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals
iv. Jurisdiction of the Office of the Prosecutor and Office of the
Ombudsman
v. Tijam vs. Sibonghanoy (G.R. No. L-21450, 15 April
1968)
d. Jurisdiction over the person of the accused
i. Miranda, et al., vs. Tuliao (G.R. No. 158763, 31
March 2006)

II. Rule 110 – Prosecution of Offenses

A. Section 1.Institution of criminal actions.
a. Prescriptive period – commencement
i. Republic of the Philippines vs. Cojuangco (G.R. No.
139930, 26 June 2012)
b. Effect of filing a complaint/information
i. Disini vs. Sandiganbayan (G.R. Nos. 169823-24, 11
September 2013)
B. Section 2. The Complaint or Information.
C. Section 3. Complaint defined.
D. Section 4. Information defined.
E. Section 5. Who must prosecute criminal actions.
a. Public Prosecutor vs. Private Prosecutor
b. Adultery and Concubinage
i. When prosecuted?
ii. Institution
c. Seduction, Abduction and Acts of Lasciviousness
i. When prosecuted?
ii. Institution
d. Defamation
i. Institution
e. Special Laws

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F. Section 6. Sufficiency of complaint or information.
a. Lazarte Jr. vs. Sandiganbayan (G.R. No. 180122, 13
March 2009)
G. Section 7. Name of the accused
H. Section 8. Designation of the offense
I. Section 9. Cause of the accusation
J. Section 10. Place of commission of the offense
K. Section 11. Date of commission of the offense
L. Section 12. Name of the offended party
M. Section 13. Duplicity of the offense
a. People vs. CA (G.R. No. 183652, 25 February 2015)
N. Section 14. Amendment or substitution
a. Formal amendment vs. substantial amendment
b. Substitution
i. Teehankee Jr. vs Madayag (G.R. No. 103102, 06
March 1992)
O. Section 15. Place where action is to be instituted
a. Navaja vs. De Castro (G.R. 182926, 22 June 2015)
P. Section 16. Intervention of the offended party in criminal action