Tips
Tips
o appeal as a matter of right and petition for review on certiorari as available remedies in cases
involving life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua,
o prohibited pleadings in ejectment cases,
o when is bail available as a matter of right/, when is it a matter of discretion?
o Inordinate delay,
o double jeopardy,
o evidence which need not be proved,
o exceptions to hearsay rule,
o venue in personal and real actions,
o jurisdiction, when is venue jurisdictional,
o motion to quash,
o grounds for a motion to dismiss in civil cases,
o res inter alios acta,
o dying declarations,
o disputable presumptions,
o waiver of jurisdiction sibonghanoy,
o estoppel,
o effects of default,
o non filing of pre trial brief or failure to attend pre trial conference,
o periods for appeal and certiorari,
o when is certiorari available,
o filing of MR as condition precedent to the filing of certiorari,
o supersedeas bond,
o is bail required in cases before the first level court?
o Difference between failure to state a cause of action and lack of cause of action,
o remedies from the metc to rtc to ca to sc;
o appellate jurisdiction of SB over crim cases,
o writ of habeas corpus
o writ of amparo ,
o writ of habeas data and writ of kalikasan, when is mandamus available?
o Adoption,
o settlement of estate
o publication requirement and multiple appeals,
o notice of appeal or record on appeal?,
o change of name requisites and correction of entries, distinctions, can you combine or join a
civil case and a special proceeding?
Crim law :
o Murder and homicide,
o justifying circumstances,
o attempted and frustrated stages,
o territoriality,
o anti graft sec 3e,
o plunder,
o vawc,
o falsification of public docs
o forgery
o bigamy ( defenses)
o mitigating circumstances
o incomplete self defense,
o mistaken identity,
o adultery (defenses)
o rape of a mentally challenged woman ( statutory rape)
o lack of discernment,
o Read Pulido and Morales cases re bigamy.
o R. A. No. 11648 re statutory rape; the exception and the exception to the exception.
o Read also complex crimes;
o Special complex crimes,
o robbery with homicide,
o kidnapping for ransom with homicide;
o Art. 70 three-fold rule,
o service of sentence vs imposition of penalties;
o Art. 89;
o Bayotas vs People;
o pardon by the pres. vs pardon by the offended party as to when it should be granted;
o amnesty, how it becomes effective.