Legal Opinion

People v. Jaimán Torres

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided December 5, 1962No. Cr-62-127Published

1Per curiam

Appellant was found guilty of a violation of § 4 of Act No. 220 of May 15, 1948, known as Bolita Act, 33 L.P.R.A. § 1250, and he was sentenced to serve two years’ imprisonment in jail. He assigns the following three errors-:(1) That the Superior Court erred in finding defendant guilty “without introducing documentary evidence against him, which could have been obtained if the undercover agent had displayed some diligence or interest.”(2) That the court erred in finding defendant guilty “based on defendant-appellant’s alleged intervention with an *665undercover agent who did not arrest him at the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Wilkerson v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Albert Lopez Gallego v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  4. Amos Black v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
  5. Hemans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947

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