Title 9 - (267-292) Personal Liberty & Security Flashcards
Crimes Against Personal Liberty and Security
267
Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention
Elements of 267
- That the offender is a private individual who is not any of the parents of the victim nor a female;
- That he [kda] kidnaps or detains another, or in any other manner *deprives the latter of his liberty;
- That the act of detention or kidnapping must be illegal;
- That in the commission of the offense, any of the following circumstances is present:
a. That the kidnapping or detention lasts for MORE THAN (3) days; or
b. That it is committed simulating public authority; or
c. That ANY serious physical injuries are inflicted upon the person kidnapped or detained or threats to kill him are made; or
d.[mfp] That the person kidnapped or detained is a minor, female, or a public officer.
note
- It is NOT necessary that the victim be placed in an enclosure. It may consist not only in placing a person in an enclosure but also in detaining him or depriving him in any manner of his liberty
- The crime is committed when the offender left the child in the house of another, where the child had freedom of locomotion but not the freedom to leave it at will because of his tender age.
- The detention is illegal when not ordered by competent authority or not permitted by law.
qualifying circumstances of 267
- extort ransom
- when the victim is killed or dies as a consequence of detention
- when the victim is raped
- when victim is tortured
What is the essence of kidnapping for ransom?
The actual deprivation of the victim’s liberty, coupled with indubitable (w/o doubt) proof of intent of the accused to effect the same
When shall deprivation of liberty constitute kidnapping and serious illegal detention under 267?
when the elements are present
Distinguish kidnapping from grave coercion.
[Kidnapping]
a. Detaining another person and depriving him liberty.
b. There is actual detention or confinement
[Grave Coercion]
a. Use of violence or intimidation to prevent someone to do something not prohibited by law, or compel to do something against his, whether it be will be it right or wrong
b. The prevention or compulsion is effected by violence either by material force or such display of it as would produce intimidation and consequently, control over the will of the offended party; and
c. The person who restrains the will and liberty of another has no right to do so, or in other words, the restraint is not made under authority of a law or in the exercise of any lawful right.
March 2 - Lecture
March 2 - Lecture
gravamen/primordial intention of serious illegal detention and kidnapping is
primary intention is the deprivation of liberty
what makes this [serious] illegal detention?
If the kidnapping or detention shall have lasted more than three days;
If it shall have been committed simulating public authority;
If any serious physical injuries shall have been inflicted upon the person kidnapped or detained, or if threats to kill him shall have been made;
If the person kidnapped or detained shall be a minor, except when the accused is any of the parents, female, or a public officer.
note
even if the detention was for 1 day only but the purpose was for a ransom, then it is serious illegal detention
threats, serious physical injuries are not complexed her but absorbed
if death or rape or tortured will be considered be qualifying circumstance
if victim is compelled to work in the house of the kidnapper, but there is freedom in the house (leave anytime) what is committed is coercion
as long as there is the element of RESTARINT, there is kidnapping. It does not need to be permanent. It’s sufficient that it deprives the person of his liberty
in the Pp v. Ong, 624 SCRA, no kidnapping when the intention is killing. (takes the person to one place with the plan to kill, then the crime is homicide/murder)
simiarly if the person brings another to another place and the intention of the person is to rape, it is not kidnapping with rape, it is rape
note
primary intention is very important to determine what felony is committed
if the purpose was to deprive the liberty and victim dies, what is committed?
kidnapping with homicide
268
Slight Illegal Detention
what is slight’s illegal detention mitigating circumstance
that the offended party is voluntarily released within 3 days
not applicable if these would be done in serious illegal detention
269
Unlawful Arrest
If the arrest wasn’t delivered to the proper authorities, then what is the crime?
illegal detention
270
Kidnapping and Failure to
Return A Minor