Legal Opinion

People v. Rosario Centeno

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided September 30, 1964No. CR-63-328Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blanco Lugo

The jury which sat in the prosecution against appellant Antonio Rosario Centeno, entered a majority verdict of “guilty of assault with intent to commit murder.” After the case had been submitted and during the deliberations, an incident took place in relation to a recommendation for clemency, which it is necessary to copy.

“Foreman of The Jury.

(Paul Aguirre Cault)

Your Honor, we would like to confer with Your Honor, if possible, because we have a doubt.

*854Judge:

To orient you: You cannot state the divergence in criterion, but the legal question which the Gentlemen of the Jury wish the court to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. MeanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
  2. McBean v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  3. United States v. Louie Gim Hall and Wong Suey LoonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
  4. State v. KernanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  5. People v. WarnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1939

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