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18 Ateneo L.J. 1 (1970)

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                                    JOURNAL
                                                 October 1970
                                                   Volume  18
                                                   Number   I



       Imprudence - A Crime Or A

                    Mode Of Commission?







                               RUPERTO KAPUNAN JR.*





I  S imprudence a crime in itself? Or is it merely a mode of com-
mission?
    The question has been posed time and again by members of the
bar, by professors and students alike who in disbelief of the pro-
nouncement  of the Supreme Court that imprudence is a crime in
itself, find it a novel theory and contrary to the provisions of the
   * A.B. (Ateneo de Manila)  LLB. (University of the Philippines). Judge. Court of First
Instance of Manila. Profeswr of crnnil Law. Ateneo de Manila College of Law; Prvfessor
of criminal Procedure. Manuel L. Queson University.


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