Legal Opinion

Hoyos Napoleoni v. Superior Court

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided April 11, 1958No. 2413Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.*

Dr. Héctor A. Hoyos Napoleoni and his wife, Ana Maria Torres, filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court, Ponce Part, addressed to Hon. Ramón Gadea Picó, a judge of that court.

They alleged in the petition that they were illegally imprisoned and deprived of their liberty under the custody of the warden of the district jail of Ponce by virtue of a bench warrant issued by Hon. Miguel A. Velázquez, Superior Judge of Puerto Rico, charging them with the commission of the offense of murder on the person of Vicenta Ortiz…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Lem Woon v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. In Re SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Ex Parte HeacockCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
  5. In Re MaschingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953

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