People v. Cruz Rivera

Mr. Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of murder in the first degree. He bases this appeal on the error which he alleges was committed by the lower court in refusing to admit evidence as to the dangerous and quarrelsome character of the victim. The court grounded its decision on the fact that in order for that evidence to be admissible, it was necessary for the defendant to have personally admitted having killed the deceased, it not being sufficient that counsel for the defense, upon presenting the case to the…