Penal - Rol N° O-21-2021

This document summarizes a legal case involving LUIS ADOLFO HUERTA GUERRERO and CÉSAR ANÍBAL ÁLVAREZ MACHUCA. The case was heard by the Tribunal de Juicio Oral en lo Penal de Los Andes, with RIT 21-2021 and RUC 1900493329-2. The proceedings took place on January 13, 2022. The core of the case involved accusations of undue appropriation. Luis Adolfo Huerta Guerrero hired CÉSAR ANIBAL ALVAREZ MACHUCA as a supervisor of metal structures for HZ Electricidad y Construcción Limitada in March 2019. Alvaez Machuca was provided with tools and equipment for his work, and his contract concluded in May 2019. The prosecution accused Alvarez Machuca of consummated undue appropriation, citing Article 470 N° 1 in conjunction with Article 467 N° 2 of the Penal Code, seeking a sentence of 541 days of lesser prison and a fine. However, the Tribunal acquitted the accused. Relevant background on the accused included him being 49 years old, employed as a delivery driver, single, and residing at Las Astromelias N° 1134, Placilla, Valparaíso. The court considered a mitigating circumstance under Article 11 N° 6 of the Penal Code. The prosecution argued that Alvarez Machuca failed to return company tools after his contract ended, constituting undue appropriation. The defense argued for acquittal, claiming undue appropriation was not proven and the matter was civil, citing lack of clarity regarding the tools provided, their obligation for return, and insufficient documentary evidence. The Tribunal's key findings were that the crime and the defendant's culpability were not sufficiently proven. The prosecution's evidence was deemed insufficient to establish undue appropriation, as while tool provision was shown, the specific tools, the obligation to return them, and the failure to do so were not definitively proven. Witness testimonies were inconsistent, and documentary evidence did not clarify the situation. The court concluded that it was not established that the defendant had appropriated someone else's property, especially since the return of at least one tool was acknowledged. Key legal provisions cited include Article 470 N° 1 and Article 467 N° 2 of the Penal Code, Article 297 of the Code of Criminal Procedure regarding evidence valuation, and Article 11 N° 6 of the Penal Code for the mitigating circumstance. No conditions or appeals were mentioned as the defendant was acquitted.

• Datos básicos del caso:

  • Tribunal: Tribunal de Juicio Oral en lo Penal de Los Andes.
  • RIT: 21-2021
  • RUC: 1900493329-2
  • Fecha: 13 de enero de 2022.
  • Tipo de procedimiento: Juicio oral.

• Hechos acreditados:

  • En marzo de 2019, Nombre contrató a Nombre como supervisor de estructuras metálicas en la empresa HZ Electricidad y Construcción Limitada en Los Andes.
  • Para desempeñar su labor, se le entregaron herramientas e implementos.
  • El contrato finalizó en mayo de 2019.

• Calificación jurídica y pena impuesta: El Ministerio Público acusó a Nombre por el delito consumado de apropiación indebida, previsto y sancionado en el artículo 470 N° 1, en relación con el artículo 467 N° 2 del Código Penal. La...