G.R. No. 2821 – 6 Phil. 413 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Rights of the Accused – Right to Confront Witnesses; Right may be waivedIn the 1900s, Mariano Anastasio was charged with Attempted Rape. Trial ensued however, after the prosecution presented its evidence, the […]
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A.M. No. RTJ-20-2579 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Serious Misconduct – Gross Ignorance of the Law Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Illegal Search and Seizure – Fruit of the Poisonous Tree – Exceptions; Independent Source, Inevitable Discovery – Right to Privacy of Government […]
G.R. No. 242957 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Special Writs – Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus – When not proper; Not proper to question administrative warrants Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right to Liberty – Writ of Habeas Corpus – Administrative Warrants […]
A.M. No. 02-1-27-MCTC – 431 Phil. 408 – 381 SCRA 655 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Grave Misconduct – MTCs cannot issue hold-departure ordersPolitical Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right to Travel; Freedom of Movement In 1998, two criminal cases were filed before the […]
G.R. No. 212196 – 750 Phil. 212 – 745 SCRA 221 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Presumption of Innocence is Stronger than Presumption of Regularity in the Performance of Official FunctionsCriminal Law – Special Penal Laws – Republic Act 9165: Dangerous Drugs Act – […]
G.R. No. L-12629 – 106 Phil. 677 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right Against Double Jeopardy – Court of Competent Jurisdiction Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 117 – Motion to Quash – Double Jeopardy – When it does not attach In 1956, […]
G.R. No. 188794 – 768 Phil. 272 – 788 SCRA 670 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures – Invalid Search Warrant – Proof of Personal Examination by the Judge Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rule 126 – Motion […]
G.R. No. 117321 – 349 Phil. 874 – 286 SCRA 207 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Extra-Judicial Admission – Right to Counsel – Custodial Investigation In 1988, a tricycle driver was found dead and his trike was also missing. Herson Tan was among the […]
G.R. No. 171672 – 752 Phil. 424 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Rights of the Accused – Right Against Self-Incrimination; Not applicable as against a private entity In 1993, Marieta De Castro, a bank teller at BPI Pasay was investigated for allegedly falsifying the signatures of two of […]
G.R. No. 244045 – 874 Phil. 240 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Search and Seizure – Informant’s Tip Alone Cannot Engender Probable Cause In the morning of 10 January 2014, an unnamed officer at the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) in Tabuk, Kalinga received […]
G.R. No. 202666 – 737 SCRA 92 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right to Privacy – Online Privacy (Social Media) Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Writ of Habeas Data In January 2012, Angela Tan, a high school student at St. Theresa’s College (STC), […]
G.R. No. L-68288 – 226 Phil. 596 – 142 SCRA 699 – Political Law – Bill of Rights – Due Process – Due Process in Educational Institutions In 1984, Diosdado Guzman and two others complained that the National University (NU) barred them from enrolling in the said university. NU argued […]
G.R. No. 127553 – 346 Phil. 1014 – 282 SCRA 326 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Termination; Due Process – Just Causes Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights; Right to Counsel In June 1995, the security guards of N.C. Construction Supply caught an employee stealing from the […]
G.R. No. L-63419 – 230 Phil. 406 – 146 SCRA 323 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Constitutionality of BP 22 Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Equal Protection Clause This case is a consolidation of 8 cases regarding violations of the Bouncing Checks […]
G.R. No. 54 – 1 Phil. 50 – Remedial Law – Right to Remain Silent Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Rights of the Accused – Right to Remain Silent Jose Junio pleaded not guilty to a criminal case. After that, the judge required him to […]
G.R. No. 1332 – 2 Phil. 380 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Rights of the Accused – Right to Remain Silent Political Law – Constitutional Law – Criminal Procedure – Bill of Rights – Rights of the Accused – Right to Remain Silent In November 1900, three people […]