Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 33 views

    People v. Tomotorgo

    Uploaded by

    Denise Alexi Go
    People v. Tomotorgo involved the defendant Jaime Tomotorgo who struck his wife with a piece of wood after an argument, causing her death. The Supreme Court held that Tomotorgo was guilty of parricide under Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code, which states that a person is liable for all consequences of their felonious acts, even if different from the intended crime. The Court also ruled that the Indeterminate Sentence Law did not apply in this case, as Article 4 holds one liable for direct and natural consequences of unlawful acts when more serious results occur.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    People v. Tomotorgo

    Uploaded by

    Denise Alexi Go
    33 views3 pages
    People v. Tomotorgo involved the defendant Jaime Tomotorgo who struck his wife with a piece of wood after an argument, causing her death. The Supreme Court held that Tomotorgo was guilty of parricide under Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code, which states that a person is liable for all consequences of their felonious acts, even if different from the intended crime. The Court also ruled that the Indeterminate Sentence Law did not apply in this case, as Article 4 holds one liable for direct and natural consequences of unlawful acts when more serious results occur.

    Original Description:

    Case digest

    Original Title

    136. People v. Tomotorgo

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    People v. Tomotorgo involved the defendant Jaime Tomotorgo who struck his wife with a piece of wood after an argument, causing her death. The Supreme Court held that Tomotorgo was guilty of parricide under Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code, which states that a person is liable for all consequences of their felonious acts, even if different from the intended crime. The Court also ruled that the Indeterminate Sentence Law did not apply in this case, as Article 4 holds one liable for direct and natural consequences of unlawful acts when more serious results occur.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    33 views3 pages

    People v. Tomotorgo

    Uploaded by

    Denise Alexi Go
    People v. Tomotorgo involved the defendant Jaime Tomotorgo who struck his wife with a piece of wood after an argument, causing her death. The Supreme Court held that Tomotorgo was guilty of parricide under Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code, which states that a person is liable for all consequences of their felonious acts, even if different from the intended crime. The Court also ruled that the Indeterminate Sentence Law did not apply in this case, as Article 4 holds one liable for direct and natural consequences of unlawful acts when more serious results occur.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    NAME OF CASE Criminal Law 2

    People v. Tomotorgo

    G.R. No. L-47941 April 30, 1985

    DOCTRINE.

    Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code expressly states that a person committing a felony shall

    be liable for all the consequences of his/her felonious acts, even if the said crime is different

    from that which he/she intended to do/commit.

    Magdalena de los Santos is the wife of the accused, Jaime Tomotorgo, had been insisting to sell

    their conjugal home SOMEWHERE in in Sitio Dinalungan, Barangay Cabugao, Municipality of

    Siruma, Camarines Sur. She wanted their family to transfer to the house of her husband’s in-laws

    which is in ANOTHER town Camarines Sur. However, the accused Tomotorgo did not approve

    of he former’s request.

    And then on 23 June 1977, Jaime went home after being away for around two hours. There he

    found that found his wife and his three-month old baby were gone. So he looked for them, and

    200m from their house, he found wife carrying his infant with a bunch of clothes. He requested
    Cla
    ssi his wife to go home. When Tomotorgo attempted to take the child away with him, Magddalena
    fic
    flung the baby on the grassy part of the road, which eventually infuriated Jaime. As a result, he
    ati
    on
    then picked  a nearby piece of wood and began striking his wife until she collapsed
    :
    GE
    NE
    RA
    L
    complaining of severe pains on her chest. He brought his wife back to their house after

    realizing what he had done. He also went back went back to the spot where the child was tossed.

    After that, his wife already passed away despite multiple attempts to make her feel better.

    Thereafter, he reported the incident to their Barangay Captain, who then took him to Policeman

    Arellosa to whom Jzime surrendered. He first pleaded not guilty plea of the said crime but

    eventually decided to amend his plea to guilty when he saw how serious his offense was.

    Jaime argued that the lower court erred in their decision and that the punishment prescribed

    should Art. 49 of RPC. The appellant claimed that he should the punishment for his intended

    crime was physical injuries.

    ISSUE/S.

    W/N the accused should suffer the penalty prescribed for parricide.

    HELD-RATIO

    YES, the Supreme Court held that the accused is guilty of parricide and shall suffer the penalty

    prescribed therefor. Article 4 of the Revised Penal Code states that a person committing a

    felony shall incur criminal liability and should be liable for all the consequences of his/her

    felonious acts, even if the said crime is different from that which he/she intended to

    Cla do/commit.
    ssi
    fic
    ati
    The Court also sustained the ruling that the Jaime is not entitled to the benefits of the Indeterminate
    on
    :
    Sentence Law. Article 49 of the RPC is not applicable in cases like this where more serious
    GE
    NE
    RA
    L
    consequences not intended by the offender result from his felonious act. Instead, Article 4, par. 1

    of the same code, he is liable for all the direct and natural consequences of his unlawful act.

    In addition, Jaime’s reference to Article 263 of the RPC, prescribing the graduated penalties for

    the physical injuries committed is misplaced and irrelevant considering that in this case the

    victim died very soon after she was assaulted. The fact that the Jaime intended to maltreat his

    wife only or inflict physical injuries does not exempt him from liability for the resulting and

    more serious crime committed.

    Cla
    ssi
    fic
    ati
    on
    :
    GE
    NE
    RA
    L

    You might also like