Legal Opinion

People v. Ilarraza

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided May 9, 1940No. 8137Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice De Jesús

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

The present case was tried ele novo in the District Court of Humacao and tlie defendant was convicted of aggravated assault and battery and was sentenced to one year in jail. In his appeal to this court the defendant alleges that the complaint was null because it had been filed in the Justice of the Peace Court of Fajardo, which is without jurisdiction *694to take cognizance of tHie offense charged; that both the Municipal Court of Fajardo, where the case was originally tried! on a complaint filed in the justice of the peace court, and the!…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Henkel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  2. Priest v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

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