Legal Opinion
Arsenio Nazario Nieves A/K/A Arsenio Nazario Martinez v. Gerardo Delgado, Warden
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 5, 1975No. 74-1039PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Only with difficulty do we perceive through the constant reiteration of petitioner’s conclusory statement that the Puerto Rico prosecuting attorney is “an arm of the committing magistrate” and “a one man grand jury,” the basic facts from which that conclusion is sought to be drawn. Petitioner in September, 1962, knife in hand, approached a policeman and confessed to killing a minor government official. Subsequently, after being warned of his rights — other than a right to counsel, if such existed— he repeated this confession to the prosecuting attorney and…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Pueblo v. Forti VelázquezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1976