Under the Revised Penal Code, the penalty imposed for the crime of murder is reclusion perpetua (20 years and 1 day to 40 years, but still indivisible penalty) while for homicide, the penalty is reclusion temporal with a duration of 12 years and 1 day to 20 years.

“Reckless imprudence consists in voluntarily, but without malice, doing or failing to do an act from which material damage results by reason of inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the person performing or failing to perform such act, taking into consideration his employment or occupation, degree of …

Assistant city prosecutor Diovie Calderon recommended a P200,000 bail for the frustrated murder charge and P24,000 each for the two counts of frustrated homicide.

“The elements of reckless imprudence are: (1) that the offender does or fails to do an act; (2) that the doing or the failure to do that act is voluntary; (3) that it be without malice; (4) that material damage results from the reckless imprudence; and (5) that there is inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the …

Under Article 247 (Death or Physical Injuries Under Exceptional Circumstances), “Any legally married person who having surprised his spouse in the act of committing sexual intercourse with another person, shall kill any of them or both of them in the act or immediately thereafter, or shall inflict upon them any serious …

Exceptional Circumstances are events or problems which you did not expect and which stop you being able to perform to the best of your abilities in your studies. For example, bereavement, unexpected personal or family problems or illness might be considered as an exceptional circumstance.

“Art. 247. Death or physical injuries inflicted under exceptional circumstances. If he shall inflict upon them physical injuries of any other kind, he shall be exempt from punishment.

Destierro means banishment or only a prohibition from residing within the radius of 25 kilometers from the actual residence of the accused for a specified length of time. While it is technically not imprisonment, it still is a penalty imposed under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.

The crime of concubinage is a bailable offense, as such, your husband may opt to post bail should the court, if you choose to pursue the case, order his arrest during the trial of the case against him. Furthermore, concubinage is a crime which may only be prosecuted or brought before the courts by the spouse.

Adultery is committed by a wife and should be charged together with the other man, while concubinage is committed by a husband and should be charged together with the other woman or concubine. The case can be passed off as concubinage if cohabitation happens in the conjugal dwelling or in any other place.

Prision correccional, suspension, and destierro. – The duration of the penalties of prision correccional, suspension and destierro shall be from six months and one day to six years, except when suspension is imposed as an accessory penalty, in which case, its duration shall be that of the principal penalty.

— The duration of the penalties of prision mayor and temporary disqualification shall be from six years and one day to twelve years, except when the penalty of disqualification is imposed as an accessory penalty, in which case its duration shall be that of the principal penalty.

one day to thirty days

40 years

Since the penalty prescribed by law is “reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua,” the crime is bailable (People vs. 9165, and treason committed by a resident alien punishable by reclusion temporal to death under Article 114 of the Revised Penal Code are now bailable.

9346 which is reduction of the death penalty to either life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua, as the case may be. The conclusion is confirmed by Section 3 of the law, which makes reference to persons whose sentences will be reduced to reclusion perpetua, by reason of this Act.