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PEOPLE vs ILIGANFACTS:

At around 2 in the morning Esmeraldo Quinones and his companions Zaldy Asis and Felix
Lukban were walking home from barangay Sto. Domingo after attending a barrio fiesta. On the way they
met the accused Fernando Iligan and his nephew EdmundoAsis and Juan Macandog. Edmundo Asis
pushed them aside prompting Zaldy Asis to boxhim. Felix quickly said that they had no desire to
fight. Upon seeing his nephew fall, Fernando Iligan drew from his back a bolo and hacked Zaldy but
missed.Terrified the trio ran, pursued by the three accused. They ran for a good while andeven passed
the house of Quinones, when they noticed that they were no longer being c h a s e d t h e
t h r e e d e c i d e d t o h e a d b a c k t o Q u i n o n e s h o u s e . O n t h e w a y b a c k t h e t h r e e accused
suddenly emerged from the road side, Fernando Iligan then hacked Quinones Jr.o n t h e f o r e h e a d
w i t h h i s b o l o c a u s i n g h i m t o f a l l d o w n . F e l i x a n d Z a l d y r a n . U p o n returning they
saw that Quinones Jr. was already dead with his head busted.The postmortem examination report
and the death certificate indicates that the victim died of shock and massive cerebral
hemorrhages due to vehicular accident.
ISSUE:
Whether or not the accused are liable for the victims death given that it was dueto a vehicular accident
and not the hacking.
HELD: YES.
We are convinced beyond peradventure that indeed after Quinones, Jr. hadfallen from the bolo
hacking perpetrated by Iligan, he was run over by a vehicle. Thisfinding, however, does
not in any way exonerate Iligan from liability for the death of Quinones Jr. This being under
ART 4 of the RPC which states that criminal liability shall b e i n c u r r e d b y a n y p e r s o n
c o m m i t t i n g a f e l o n y a l t h o u g h t h e w r o n g f u l a c t d o n e b e different from that which he
intended.The essential requisites of Art 4 are: that an intentional felony has been committed
andthat the wrong done to the aggrieved party be the direct natural and logical consequenceof the felony
committed by the offender
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It is held that the essential ele me nts are present in this case. The intentional
felon yc o mmitted was the hacking of the head of Quinones the fact that it was
c o n s i d e r e d superficial by the physician is immaterial. The location of the wound intended to do
awaywith
him.T h e h a c k i n g i n c i d e n t h a p p e n e d o n t h e n a t i o n a l h i g h w a y w h e r e v e h i c
l e s p a s s a n y moment, the hacking blow received by Quinones weakened him and was
run over by avehicle. The hacking by Iligan is thus deemed as the proximate cause of the
victimsdeath.Iligan is held liable for homicide absent any qualifying circumstances

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