Emanuelli Fontánez v. District Court of Puerto Rico

Mr. Justice Negrón Fernández

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On November 12, 1946, Domingo Emanuelli Fontánez was sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from 12 to 24 years in the penitentiary for the offense of murder in the second degree committed on November 23, 1945.1 On that same date he was also sentenced to serve a term •of four months in jail for the offense of carrying weapons, incidental to the offense of murder.

On December 21, 1950, the Parole Board released Ema-nuelli on parole, and on the 28th of that same month and year and when he had served 5 years, 2 months and 5…