People v. París
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Appeal from the District Court of San Juan, Section 2, in a Prosecution for Larceny. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Justice Worn?
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant was charged with grand larceny and convicted of petty larceny. On the day of the trial and before the jury was called appellant made a motion that the case be dismissed, alleging in effect that the trial was without just cause postponed for more than 120 days from the filing of the complaint. But the appellant made no showing whatever of the reasons for the previous postponements or even that they were made without reason assigned. As it is admitted that the previous postponements were made by the court, the presumption is, in…
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