Penal - Rol N° O-8588-2019

This case involves a dispute over the rental of construction machinery. The defendant, José Luis Rojo Zamorano, rented two Lemaco concrete mixer trucks and a generator set from the plaintiff, Yanina Pinto Cartagena. At the end of the rental period, the defendant only returned one concrete mixer truck and the generator set, failing to return the second concrete mixer truck. The plaintiff suffered a financial loss of $1,200,000. The defendant was charged with misappropriation under Article 470 No. 1 in conjunction with Article 467 No. 2 of the Penal Code. The court sentenced the defendant to 541 days of lesser imprisonment in the medium grade, with the accessory penalty of disqualification from public office during the sentence, and a fine of six monthly tax units. As a substitute penalty, the court ordered partial night-time house arrest for the same duration. If the technical feasibility report for house arrest is not submitted within 5 days, the sentence will be served in a Gendarmerie facility. The fine is payable in pesos by March 31, 2021, with potential summons for non-payment.

• Datos básicos del caso: * Tribunal: Juzgado de Garantía de Arica. * RIT: 8588-2019. * RUC: 1600919339-5. * Fecha: 17 de marzo de 2020. * Tipo de procedimiento: Procedimiento Abreviado.

• Hechos acreditados: * Fecha: Junio de 2016. * Lugar: Arica. * El imputado Nombre celebró un contrato de arriendo de maquinaria para construcción con Nombre el 15 de junio de 2016, recibiendo dos máquinas betoneras marca Lemaco y un grupo electrógeno. * Al término del plazo, el imputado solo devolvió una máquina betonera y el grupo electrógeno, apropiándose indebidamente de una máquina betonera. * Perjuicio a la víctima: $1.200.000.

• Calificación jurídica y pena impuesta: * Delito: Apropiación Indebida, artí...