Facts: Charlon was convicted of carnapping by the RTC. On appeal to the Court of Appeals, the latter affirmed the RTC decision. Charlon thus filed a Motion for New Trial, alleging that the main…
Tag: CRIMINAL LAW
Fugitives from justice; Fugitive disentitlement doctrine…
Fugitive from justice. “A fugitive from justice is a person who attempts to evade law enforcement by fleeing the jurisdiction. Significantly, in Marquez, Jr. v. Commission in Election, the Court defined a fugitive from…
Estafa and B.P. 22…
With the enactment of B.P. 22, the two provisions of the law are often mistook as similar cases, but most often, a case for BP 22 is almost always accompanied by a…