iCriminal Law (dtp) - branch or division of law which defines‚ crimes‚ treats of their nature‚ and provide for their punishment. o Crime – act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. - sources are: pns 1. Revised penal code (Act no. 3815) 2. Special Laws 3. Penal Presidential Decrees issued during Martial Law. - There is no common law crimes in the Philippines
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1. What is Criminal Law? Criminal law is that branch or division of law which defines crimes‚ treats of their nature‚ and provides for their punishment. 2. When did the RPC take effect? Art 1. Time when Act takes effect – This Code shall take effect on the first day of January‚ nineteen hundred and thirty two. (Jan. 1‚ 1932) 3. What are the sources of Phil. Criminal Law? a.) The RPC and its amendments b.) Special Penal Laws passed by the Phil Commission‚ Phil Assembly‚ Phil
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subsequent offenses are 90 days to 3 years and/or a fine of $5‚000 - $250‚000. | 0.08% Blood Alcohol Concentration | No | Arizona | Yes | It is a Class 4 felony which carries a sentence of 18 months to 3 years imprisonment‚ and a fine up to $2‚000 or three times the value of substance involved‚ but not more than $150‚000. | It is a Class 4 felony which carries a sentence of 18 months to 3 years imprisonment‚ and a fine up to $2‚000 or three times the value of substance involved‚ but not more than
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maliciously use such material‚ substance or device • to set fire to or burn any structure‚ forest land or property. 6.02.EO7 Classify each type of crime as a misdemeanor or felony. The crimes of arson and unlawfully causing a fire are felonies. The crime of possession of flammable or combustible material is a felony. 6.03.EO1 Recall the crime elements required to arrest a suspect for unauthorized entry of dwelling. To arrest a subject for unauthorized entry of dwelling the necessary
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Sentencing Christine Kelly Doty Criminal Law 3/1/13 Proportionality is a general principle in law which covers several special concepts. The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion of fairness and justice in statutory interpretation processes‚ especially in constitutional law‚ as a logical method intended to assist in discerning the correct balance between the restriction imposed by a corrective measure and the severity of the nature of the prohibited act. Within municipal law it
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along the felony murder law. That law states that killing during the act of a felony‚ in this case a robbery‚ is automatically first degree murder. The way I have interpreted the facts of this case‚ the defendant was the one who pulled the trigger and point toward him as the killer. To come to this decision‚ the jury had to conclude that the defendant had intent to commit a felony‚ killed during the act of a dangerous felony‚ and that the victims death was a foreseeable outcome of the felony. Ramon
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WHAT IS crime A crime is a wrongdoing classified by the state or Congress as a felony or misdemeanor. A crime is an offence against a public law. This word‚ in its most general sense‚ includes all offences‚ but in its more limited sense is confined to felony. Crimes are defined and punished by statutes and by the common law. Most common law offences are as well known and as precisely ascertained as those which are defined by statutes; yet‚ from the difficulty of exactly defining and describing
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functions; or 5. Should commit any of the crimes against national security and the law of nations‚ defined in Title One of Book Two of this Code. Title One FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY Chapter One FELONIES Art. 3. Definitions. — Acts and omissions punishable by law are felonies (delitos). Felonies are committed not only be means of deceit (dolo) but also by means of fault (culpa). There is deceit when the act is performed with deliberate intent and
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As Federal law states: It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless such substance was obtained directly‚ or pursuant to a valid prescription or order‚ from a practitioner‚ while acting in the course of his professional practice‚ or except as otherwise authorized by this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter. What is Possession of a Controlled Substance? Possession of a controlled substance occurs whenever a person owns or otherwise
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Legal‚ an online legal dictionary‚ there is a clear definition: “[Felony disenfranchisement] refers to the prohibition of one person from voting on the reason that [he or she] has been convicted of a felony” (U.S. Legal‚ 2006). In the same definition‚ it also states‚ “This is against the right of universal suffrage” (U.S. Legal‚ 2006). In their 2005 academic research paper about the voting
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