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Jacinto v. People: Impossible Crime Ruling by Carmel Grace Kiwas is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The petitioner Jacinto was found guilty of qualified theft for taking a check meant for her employer Megafoam. However, the Supreme Court ruled that this was a case of factual impossibility, as the check was later dishonored and worthless. For a crime to occur, the act must be inherently possible to accomplish or the means employed must be adequate. Here, it was only due to the extraneous circumstance of the check being unfunded that the crime was not produced. Therefore, Jacinto is guilty only of an imposs

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Carmel Grace Kiwas

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