The police officers were obliged to give the appellant notice, show to her their authority, and demand that they be allowed entry. They may only break open any outer or inner door or window of a house to execute the search warrant if, after suc...

As to the third element of a violation of Section 3 (e) of RA 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Practices Act, the Court finds that the same is also absent. Case law identifies the two ways by which said section  may be committed, namely: (a) cau...

In order to secure a conviction of an accused under Section 32 of Republic Act No. 7166, the prosecution must prove that: (a) the person is bearing, carrying, or transporting firearms or other deadly weapons; (b) such possession occurs during t...

In this 2024 decision, the Supreme Court recognized another classification of employment which is the fixed-term. A fixed-term employment is an arrangement wherein an employee is hired for projects with pre-determined completion or in a work wh...

It is necessary that a conspirator should have performed some overt act as a direct or indirect contribution to the execution of the crime committed. The overt act may consist of active participation in the actual commission of the...