FACTS: Witness Cristina Mendeja narrated that on January 23, 2002, at around 2:00AM, when Danilo Cruz was buying bread, Orlito Villacorta suddenly appeared and, without uttering a word, stabbed Cruz, using a sharpened bamboo stick. The bamboo stick broke and was left in Cruz’s body. Villacorta immediately fled thereafter. Her neighbor Aron removed the broken… Read More PEOPLE v. VILLACORTA G.R. No. 186412 September 7, 2011 Proximate Cause, Efficient Intervening Cause, Slight Physical Injuries

FACTS: Between 8 and 9 o’clock in the morning of April 28 1918, Mrs. Lewin received a call from their  neighbor, Mrs. Auckback, informing her that smoke was coming from the former’s house. Mrs. Lewin ordered their servant Paulino Banal to look for the fire. He found a piece of a jute sack and a… Read More US v. Valdes G.R. No. L-14128 December 10, 1918 Frustrated Arson

FACTS: On December 15,1906, at about 10 o’clock on the morning, A. H. Barnes, J. A. Ryan, and three Filipinos, one of whom was Pedro Leonardo, were out duck shooting. When they were about to return, there were ducks on an estero or stream. Barnes at once fired his gun twice, Pedro Leonardo being near… Read More U.S. v. A.H. Barnes G.R. No. 4774. November 18, 1908 Criminal Intent, Reckless Negligence

FACTS: Enrique De Leon was charged with Grave Oral Defamation in the Information filed before the MeTC, the accusatory portion of which reads: That, on or about April 17, 2006, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, with the deliberate intent to besmirch the honor and reputation of one SPO3 PEDRITO L. LEONARDO,… Read More De Leon v. People of the Philippines G.R. No. 212623, January 11, 2016 Elements of Oral Defamation