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Criminal Law — 2010
Every Criminal Law question from the 2010 Bar, traced to the statutes, cases and Supreme Court doctrines it tests. Open any question for the facts, the mapped authorities, and the ALAC model answer.
The 2010 Criminal Law questions
Questions are public-domain (Supreme Court Bar examinations). Each ALAC model answer is AI-drafted from landmark authorities and refined with every round of verification.
I. An agonizing and protracted trial having come to a close, the judge found A guilty beyond reasonable doubt of homicide and imposed on him a straight penalty of SIX (6) YEARS and ONE (1) DAY of pris…
II. a. What is the crime of qualified bribery? (2%) b. May a judge be charged and prosecuted for such felony? How about a public prosecutor? A police officer? Explain. (5%)…
III. May a public officer charged under Section 3(b) of Republic Act No. 3019 ["directly or indirectly requesting or receiving any gift, present, share, percentage or benefit, for himself or for any o…
IV. Because of the barbarity and hideousness of the acts committed by the suspects/respondents in cutting off their victims’ appendages, stuffing their torsos, legs, body parts into oil drums and bull…
V. Arlene is engaged in the buy and sell of used garments, more popularly known as "ukay-ukay." Among the items found by the police in a raid of her store in Baguio City were brand-new Louie Feraud bl…
VI. There being probable cause to believe that certain deposits and investments in a bank are related to an unlawful activity of smuggling by Alessandro as defined under Republic Act (RA) No. 9160, as…
VII. A widower of ten years, septuagenarian Canuto felt that he had license to engage in voyeurism. If not peeping into his neighbors’ rooms through his powerful single-cylinder telescope, he would tr…
VIII. A asked financial support from her showbiz friend B who accommodated her by issuing in her favor a postdated check in the sum of P90,000.00. Both of them knew that the check would not be honored…
IX. Proserfina, an assistant public high school principal, acted to facilitate the release of salary differentials and election duty per diem of classroom teachers with the agreement that they would r…
X. A, B and C are members of SFC Fraternity. While eating in a seaside restaurant, they were attacked by X, Y and Z, members of a rival fraternity. A rumble ensued in which the abovenamed members of t…
XI. Angelina maintains a website where visitors can give their comments on the posted pictures of the goods she sells in her exclusive boutique. Bettina posted a comment that the red Birkin bag shown …
XII. a. Define Money Laundering. What are the three (3) stages in money laundering? (3%) b. What is the doctrine of pro reo? How does it relate to Article 48 of the Revised Penal Code? (3%)…
XIII. While his wife was on a 2-year scholarship abroad, Romeo was having an affair with his maid Dulcinea. Realizing that the affair was going nowhere, Dulcinea told Romeo that she was going back to …
XIV. Paul lives with his long-time girlfriend Joan in a ondominium in Makati. For more than a year, he has been secretly saving money in an envelope under their bed to buy her an engagement ring. One …
XV. Suspecting that her husband of twenty years was having an affair, Leilanie hired a private investigator to spy on him. After two weeks, the private investigator showed Leilanie a video of her husb…
XVI. The president, treasurer, and secretary of ABC Corporation were charged with syndicated estafa under the following Information: That on or about the 1st week of January 2010 or subsequent thereto…
XVII. A killed his wife and buried her in their backyard. He immediately went into hiding in the mountains. Three years later, the bones of A’s wife were discovered by X, the gardener. Since X had a s…
XVIII. On her way home, Eva Marie saw an injured chow chow puppy behind a bush. Since the puppy did not have a collar, she brought it home so she could have it as a pet. Her son in fact begged Eva Mar…
XIX. Jack and Jill have been married for seven years. One night, Jack came home drunk. Finding no food on the table, Jack started hitting Jill only to apologize the following day. A week later, the sa…
XX. Matt was found guilty of drug trafficking while his younger brother Jeff was found guilty of possession of equipment, instrument, apparatus and other paraphernalia for dangerous drugs under Sectio…
XXI. Because peace negotiations on the Spratlys situation had failed, the People’s Republic of China declared war against the Philippines. Myra, a Filipina who lives with her Italian expatriate boyfri…
XXII. Immediately after murdering Bob, Jake went to his mother to seek refuge. His mother told him to hide in the maid’s quarters until she finds a better place for him to hide. After two days, Jake t…
XXIII. Christopher, John, Richard, and Luke are fraternity brothers. To protect themselves from rival fraternities, they all carry guns wherever they go. One night, after attending a party, they board…