We shall tackle the mitigating circumstance of minority or seniority. Art. 13, Par. 2 of the Revised Penal Code provides that offenders under eighteen years of age or over seventy…
What is the significance of incomplete justifying or exempting circumstances in the commission of certain criminal act? We shall discuss the same. In the meantime, mitigating circumstances, under Article 13…
When is illness considered a mitigating circumstance? The Court has recognized only a mitigating circumstance, not an exonerating one, when the accused failed to demonstrate total mental impairment or loss…
Pointing fingers, he who started it all. This, in a nutshell, spells out provocation. Whether sufficient or not, it is a matter of evidence. Thus, we are here to break…
We shall examine the doctrine of analogous circumstances in criminal law. This refers to mitigating circumstances under Article 13, paragraph 10 of the Revised Penal Code. Mitigating circumstances are those…
Mitigating circumstances are defined as the factors that reduce the severity or culpability of certain criminal act or acts of the offender, such as but not limited to, the age,…
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