Practice question
A court is sentencing simple theft committed after RA 10951 became applicable. The proved value is PHP 50,000 and no qualifier applies. Identify the relevant Article 309 value bracket and explain why the old monetary thresholds cannot simply be used.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3815, specified articles, as amended: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426; Articles 293, 308 and 310, as amended.
- RA 10951, current amended RPC provisions and monetary thresholds: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html; Sections 81 and 85, amended Articles 309 and 315.
- Buenaflor v Office of the Secretary of Justice, G.R. No. 277067, May 7, 2025, main decision, juridical possession and Article 315(1)(b): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/may2025/gr_277067_2025.html
- Reside v People, G.R. No. 210318, July 28, 2020, main decision, material possession and qualified theft: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jul2020/gr_210318_2020.html
- People v Esugon, G.R. No. 195244, June 22, 2015, main decision, prior intent to rob and robbery with homicide: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jun2015/gr_195244_2015.html
- RA 10883, Section 3, current carnapping definition: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10883_2016.html
- RA 7659, Sections 6–9, amended murder, infanticide, kidnapping and robbery provisions, subject to RA 9346 death-penalty prohibition: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7659_1993.html; Article 294.
- RA 9346, Sections 1–4, death-penalty prohibition, substitute penalties and clemency: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9346_2006.html
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