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    Julio Guillen threw a hand grenade toward the platform where President Roxas was giving a speech at a political rally, intending to kill the president. The grenade seriously injured several people, including Simeon Varela who later died from his injuries. Guillen was found guilty of murder and multiple frustrated murders. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the conviction, stating that throwing a grenade at the president with intent to kill made Guillen criminally liable for all consequences, even if the person who died was not the intended victim. The court also found that deliberately committing an unlawful act with intent to harm someone is inconsistent with reckless imprudence.

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    Julio Guillen threw a hand grenade toward the platform where President Roxas was giving a speech at a political rally, intending to kill the president. The grenade seriously injured several people, including Simeon Varela who later died from his injuries. Guillen was found guilty of murder and multiple frustrated murders. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the conviction, stating that throwing a grenade at the president with intent to kill made Guillen criminally liable for all consequences, even if the person who died was not the intended victim. The court also found that deliberately committing an unlawful act with intent to harm someone is inconsistent with reckless imprudence.

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    Julio Guillen threw a hand grenade toward the platform where President Roxas was giving a speech at a political rally, intending to kill the president. The grenade seriously injured several people, including Simeon Varela who later died from his injuries. Guillen was found guilty of murder and multiple frustrated murders. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the conviction, stating that throwing a grenade at the president with intent to kill made Guillen criminally liable for all consequences, even if the person who died was not the intended victim. The court also found that deliberately committing an unlawful act with intent to harm someone is inconsistent with reckless imprudence.

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    People V Guillen

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    Julio Guillen threw a hand grenade toward the platform where President Roxas was giving a speech at a political rally, intending to kill the president. The grenade seriously injured several people, including Simeon Varela who later died from his injuries. Guillen was found guilty of murder and multiple frustrated murders. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the conviction, stating that throwing a grenade at the president with intent to kill made Guillen criminally liable for all consequences, even if the person who died was not the intended victim. The court also found that deliberately committing an unlawful act with intent to harm someone is inconsistent with reckless imprudence.

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    THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.

    JULIO GUILLEN,
    defendant-appellant
    GR No. L-1477
    January 18, 1950

    FACTS
    Julio Guillen y Corpus, brought two hand grenades to a populated meeting held by the
    Liberal Party at Plaza de Miranda, Quiapo. President Roxas gave a speech of the
    advantages of the parity rights in the meeting. Upon the close of the speech, defendant
    threw one of the said grenades toward the platform, but the presence of mind of
    General Castaneda, who kicked the grenade and threw his body over that of the
    President’s, saved the latter’s life. However, the grenade still seriously injured Simeon
    Varela who died on the following day as a result of mortal wounds caused by the
    grenade fragments, as well as Alfredo Eva, Jose Fabio, Pedro Carillo and Emilio
    Maglalang. Guillen testifying in his own behalf said that although it was not his main
    intention to kill those surrounding the President, he felt no conjunction in killing them
    also in order to attain his main purpose of killing the President. The defendant was
    charged by the CFI (see decision below), to which the counsel of the defendant
    submitted contentions of error, including: (1) in finding the appellant guilty of the murder
    of Simeon Varela, (2) in finding the appellant guilty of the complex crime of murder and
    multiple frustrated murder (that of the said other victims and the President).
    DECISION – COURT OF ORIGIN
    CFI rendered the defendant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder of
    Simeon Valera and multiple frustrated murders of the said victims including the
    President.
    ISSUE
    W/N a mistake in the blow, inflicted with malice, exempts one from criminal liability
    DECISION – APPELLATE COURT
    The Court, writing per curiam, AFFIRMED the decision of the CFI, stating that the
    facts do not support the contention of counsel that the appellant is guilty only of
    homicide through reckless imprudence in regard to the death of Simeon Varela and of
    less physical injuries in regard to other said victims. In throwing said hand grenade at
    the President with the intention of killing him, the Court stated that the appellant acted
    with malice, and was therefore liable for all consequences of his wrongful act, for in
    accordance with Article 4 of the RPC, criminal liability is incurred by any person
    committing felony (delito) although the wrongful act done be different from that which he
    intended. The act cannot be classified as criminal negligence because such requires
    that the injury incurred be unintentional as the incident of an act performed without
    malice (People v Sara, 55 Phil 939). The Court finds that a deliberate intent to do
    an unlawful act is inconsistent with the idea of reckless imprudence. A mistake in
    the identity of the intended victim cannot be considered as reckless imprudence
    (People v Gona, 54 Phil 605).

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