9 GCA § 16.20

Criminal Homicide Defined

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 9 — Crimes and Corrections

(a)A person is guilty of criminal homicide if he causes the death of another human being:

(1)intentionally and with premeditation; or

(2)intentionally; or

(3)knowingly; or

(4)recklessly; or (5 by criminal negligence.

(b)Criminal homicide is aggravated murder, murder, manslaughter or negligent homicide.

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Affected by P.L. 16-126 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

1999 Guam 19 — People of Guam vs. Donicio M. San Nicolas (1999) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶24
2001 Guam 17 — Mark Bamba Angoco v. Eduardo C. Bitanga (2001) · per Benjamin J.F. Cruz, J. · cited at ¶13
2012 Guam 21 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy Chin Song, Defendant-Appellant (2012) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a)(4), (b) at ¶32
2015 Guam 37 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kyle J. Indalecio Camacho, Defendant-Appellant, CRA14-024 (2015) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · cited at ¶22
2016 Guam 25 — The People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruben Katzuta aka Peter John, Defendant-Appellant, CRA15-016 (2016) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a)(1) at ¶4
2016 Guam 31 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Tommy John Quichocho Afaisen, Defendant-Appellant, CRA15-021 (2016) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶15
2023 Guam 25 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rudy Fegurgur Quinata, Defendant-Appellant (2023) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (a)(4) at ¶21
2023 Guam 26 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joyner Scott Sked, Defendant-Appellant (2023) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a)(4) at ¶25
2025 Guam 5 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathan Jon Ojeda, Defendant-Appellant (2025) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a)(1) at ¶13

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.