People v. Tirado de Santos

Defendant-appellant was convicted by a. jury of the offense of attempted rape. There is no question that our laws provide for and punish that offense in degree of attempt, People v. Marrero, 57 P.R.R. 699, 701 (1940).

The attempted rape in this case did not occur as a result of a common love affair, but on the occasion when a lady used a taxi to go from one place to another. Defendant-appellant was the operator of the taxi; the aggrieved party was the passenger.

Appellant assigns before us the following two errors:

1. “The court erred in finding defendant guilty on the evidence presented on the…