What is the Miranda Doctrine?
The Miranda Doctrine or the Miranda Warning provides that:
1. A person in custody must be informed at the outset in clear and unequivocal terms that he has the right to remain silent and that anything he says can and will be used against him in a court of law;
2. He or she has …
Jurisdiction of MTCs, MeTCs, MCTCs and MTCCs
Below is a comprehensive outline of the jurisdiction of Municipal Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, and Municipal Trial Courts in Cities:
Original Jurisdiction in:
I. Civil Cases
1. Exclusive
a. Actions involving personal property valued at not more than P300,000.00 or in Metro Manila not more than …
What is the rule on duplicity of offenses?
As a general rule, a complaint or information must charge only one offense, except when the law provides only one punishment for various offenses (compound and complex crimes under Art. 48 of the RPC and special complex crimes).
A complaint or information that charges more than one offense is considered as defective but it can …
In what cases is the name of the offended party indispensable?
Slander, robbery with violence or intimidation.
In what case is the name of the offended party dispensable?
In offenses against property, the name of the offended party may be dispensed with as long as the object taken or destroyed is particularly described to property identify the offense.
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