Tag: Article 12 of the RPC

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People vs. Rogado G.R. No. L-13025 December 29, 1959 Article 12 of the RPC, Exempting Circumstance of Uncontrollable Fear

November 27, 2017

FACTS: On July 12, 1956, Salvador Areza, a farmer residing in Lilio, Laguna, left his house carrying with him a bolo on lots scabbard to gather firewood in his farm in barrio Bubukal. When he failed to return home that day, his wife Lydia Nudal went out to search for him. She was accompanied by… Read More People vs. Rogado G.R. No. L-13025 December 29, 1959 Article 12 of the RPC, Exempting Circumstance of Uncontrollable Fear

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US vs. APOLONIO CABALLEROS G.R. No. 1352 March 29, 1905 Article 12 of the RPC, Irresistible Force

November 20, 2017

FACTS: The defendants have been sentenced by the CFI of Cebu to the penalty of seven years of presidio mayor as accessories after the fact in the crime of assassination or murder perpetrated on the persons of the American school-teachers , because, without having taken part in the said crime as principals or as accomplices,… Read More US vs. APOLONIO CABALLEROS G.R. No. 1352 March 29, 1905 Article 12 of the RPC, Irresistible Force

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PEOPLE vs. FORMIGONES G.R. No. L-3246 November 29, 1950 Parricide, Feeblemindedness, Imbecility, Article 12 of the RPC

November 20, 2017

FACTS: Late in the afternoon, Julia was sitting at the head of the stairs of the house. The accused, without any previous quarrel or provocation whatsoever, took his bolo from the wall of the house and stabbed his wife, Julia, in the back, the blade penetrating the right lung and causing a severe hemorrhage resulting… Read More PEOPLE vs. FORMIGONES G.R. No. L-3246 November 29, 1950 Parricide, Feeblemindedness, Imbecility, Article 12 of the RPC