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PEOPLE vs Ricardo Agliday

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RICARDO AGLIDAY y TOLENTINO, appellant.

G.R. No. 140794 | 2001-10-16

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Reckless imprudence consists of voluntarily doing or failing to do, without malice, an act from which material damage results by reason of an inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the person performing or failing to perform such act. Malice is the antithesis of reckless imprudence. Once malice is proven, recklessness disappears.

The Case

Before us is an appeal from the September 14, 1997 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of San Carlos City (Branch 57) in Criminal Case No. SCC 3054. The assailed Decision disposed as follows:

"WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing consideration, the court...