Accused has the burden to prove self-defense

Dear PAO,There was an altercation between my cousin and W. W allegedly sustained serious injuries and because of that, he filed a criminal complaint against my cousin. My cousin claims that he merely defended himself and it was W who attacked him. We were told by a personnel at the Hall of Justice that my […]

Bus drivers are supervised and their actual work hours are monitored

Dear PAO, May I be enlightened as to the meaning of a field personnel in our employment laws? Are bus drivers included in such and so considered to be unsupervised employee? If so, aren’t they entitled to service incentive leave? Marilyn Dear Marilyn, For brevity, permit me to jointly discuss the answers to your questions, […]

Ambiguity in complaint may not be questioned if proper remedies are not timely availed

Dear PAO,A complaint for murder was filed against my neighbor, X, alleging that he killed Y with evident premeditation. Assuming the case goes to trial and X is convicted, can he question the court’s judgment on the ground that the allegation of evident premeditation is imprecise or ambiguous, as the circumstances involving such evident premeditation […]