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    People V Bayotas

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    Rogelio Bayotas was convicted of rape but died while his conviction was pending appeal. The Supreme Court had to determine if his death extinguished his civil liability. The Court ruled that Bayotas' death extinguished his criminal liability and civil liability based solely on the rape charge, as civil liability is extinguished if the offender dies before final judgment. However, if the victim wishes to recover damages from other potential sources of obligation stemming from the same act, such as quasi-delict, a separate civil action could be filed against the executor of Bayotas' estate.

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    Rogelio Bayotas was convicted of rape but died while his conviction was pending appeal. The Supreme Court had to determine if his death extinguished his civil liability. The Court ruled that Bayotas' death extinguished his criminal liability and civil liability based solely on the rape charge, as civil liability is extinguished if the offender dies before final judgment. However, if the victim wishes to recover damages from other potential sources of obligation stemming from the same act, such as quasi-delict, a separate civil action could be filed against the executor of Bayotas' estate.

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    Rogelio Bayotas was convicted of rape but died while his conviction was pending appeal. The Supreme Court had to determine if his death extinguished his civil liability. The Court ruled that Bayotas' death extinguished his criminal liability and civil liability based solely on the rape charge, as civil liability is extinguished if the offender dies before final judgment. However, if the victim wishes to recover damages from other potential sources of obligation stemming from the same act, such as quasi-delict, a separate civil action could be filed against the executor of Bayotas' estate.

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    Rogelio Bayotas was convicted of rape but died while his conviction was pending appeal. The Supreme Court had to determine if his death extinguished his civil liability. The Court ruled that Bayotas' death extinguished his criminal liability and civil liability based solely on the rape charge, as civil liability is extinguished if the offender dies before final judgment. However, if the victim wishes to recover damages from other potential sources of obligation stemming from the same act, such as quasi-delict, a separate civil action could be filed against the executor of Bayotas' estate.

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    People v Bayotas

    G.R. No. 102007


    Topic: Delicts
    Facts:
    Rogelio Bayotas was charged and eventually convicted with rape on June 19, 1991.
    Pending appeal of his conviction, Bayotas died on February 4, 1992 at the National Bilibid
    Hospital due to cardio respiratory arrest. Consequently, the SC dismissed the criminal aspect of
    the appeal in its Resolution of May 20, 1992.
    In the Solicitor General’s comment, he expressed his view that the death of accused-
    appellant did not extinguish his civil liability as a result of his commission of the offense
    charged. This was opposed by the counsel of the accused-appellant invoking the ruling of the CA
    in People v Castillo and Ocfemia which held that the civil obligation in a criminal cases takes
    root in the criminal liability, and, therefore, civil liability is extinguished if accused should die
    before final judgment is rendered.
    Issue/s:
    Whether or not the death of the accused pending appeal of his conviction extinguish his
    civil liability.
    Ruling:
    The death of appellant Bayotas extinguished his criminal liability and the civil liability
    based solely on the act complained of, i.e., rape.
    Civil liability is extinguished only when the death of the offender occurs before final
    judgment. The term final judgment as employed in the RPC means judgment beyond recall. A
    judgment in a criminal case becomes final “after the lapse of the period for perfecting an appeal
    or when the sentence has been partially or totally satisfied or served, or the defendant has
    expressly waived in writing his right to appeal.”
    It is evident that as jurisprudence evolved from Castillo to Torrijos, the rule established
    was that the survival of the civil liability depends on whether the same can be predicated on
    sources of obligations other than delict.
    If the private offended party, upon extinction of the civil liability ex delicto desires to
    recover damages from the same act or omission complained of, he must subject to Section 1,
    Rule 111 file a separate civil action, this time predicated not on the felony previously charged but
    on other sources of obligation. The source of obligation upon which the separate action is
    premised determines against whom the same shall be enforced.
    If the same act or omission complained of also arises from quasi-delict or may, by
    provision of law, result in an injury to person or property, the separate civil action must be filed
    against the executor or administrator of the estate of the accused.

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