CRIMINAL LIABILITIES AND FELONIES Flashcards
Are acts or omissions punishable by the RPC.
Felonies
Both dolo and culpa have to be
voluntary.
? means inaction; the failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound. There must be a ?.
An omission; law requiring the doing or performance of a duty
Elements of felonies?
An act or omission;
Punishable by the Revised Penal Code;
The act is performed or the omission incurred by means of deceit or fault
committed with criminal intent
Intentional felonies(Dolo)
where the wrongful acts result from imprudence, negligence, lack of foresight or lack of skill
Negligent felonies(Culpa)
Has intention to cause a wrong.
Intentional felonies(Dolo)
With deliberate intent.
Intentional felonies(Dolo)
Not malicious
Negligent felonies(Culpa)
Injury caused is unintentional, it being an incident of another act performed without malice.
Negligent felonies(Culpa)
Wrongful act results from imprudence, negligence, lack of foresight or lack of skill.
Negligent felonies(Culpa)
Has intention to cause a wrong.
Intentional felonies(Dolo)
Requisites of dolo
Criminal intent; Intelligence; Freedom of action
If there is NO criminal intent, the act is justified. Offender incurs?
NO criminal liability.
voluntariness on the part of the person to commit the act or omission.
Freedom of action
If there is lack of freedom, the offender is?
exempt from liability.
means the capacity to know and understand the consequences of one’s act.
Intelligence
If there is lack of intelligence,
the offender is exempt from liability.
Requisites of culpa
Criminal negligence; Freedom of action; Intelligence
on the part of the offender, that is, the crime was the result of negligence, reckless imprudence, lack of foresight or lack of skill;
Criminal negligence
on the part of the offender, that is, he was not acting under duress; and
Freedom of action
on the part of the offender in performing the negligent act.
Intelligence
deficiency in perception or lack of foresight, or failure to pay proper attention and to use due diligence in foreseeing injury or damage to be caused.
Negligence
deficiency in action or lack of skill, or failure to take necessary precaution to avoid injury to another. It usually involves lack of skill.
Imprudence
In negligence, there is deficiency of
perception,
while in imprudence, there is deficiency
action.
What are the crimes which cannot be committed through culpa (negligence or imprudence)
- Murder
- Treason
- Robbery
- Malicious mischief
Referred to as the gravamen of the offense
Mens rea
In theft, the mens rea is the
taking of property belonging to another with intent to gain
In falsification, the mens rea is
the commission of forgery with intent to pervert the truth.
In robbery, the mens rea is the
taking of property belonging to another coupled with the employment of intimidation or violence upon persons or things.
the use of a particular means to effect the desired result
Intent
Criminal intent is always
presumed to exist from the commission of an unlawful act
A crime may be committed without criminal intent if such is:
A negligent felony, wherein intent is substituted by negligence or imprudence;
A malum prohibitum.
It is the moving power or force which impels a person to a desired result.
Motive