CASE DIGEST ON PEOPLE v. LAMAHANG [61 Phil.

703 (1935)]
Facts: Aurelio Lamahang was caught opening with an iron bar a wall of a store of cheap goods in Fuentes St. Iloilo. He broke one board and was unfastening another when a patrolling police caught him. Owners of the store were sleeping inside store as it was early dawn. Convicted of attempt of robbery Issue: WON crime is attempted robbery? Held: No. Attempted trespass to dwelling. Attempt should have logical relation to a particular and concrete offense which would lead directly to consummation. Necessary to establish unavoidable connection & logical & natural relation of cause and effect. Important to show clear intent to commit crime. In case at bar, we can only infer that his intent was to enter by force, other inferences are not justified by facts. Groizard: infer only from nature of acts executed. Acts susceptible of double interpretation cant furnish ground for themselves. Mind should not directly infer intent. Spain SC: necessary that objectives established or acts themselves obviously disclose criminal objective.