People v. Carbone D'Angelo

Mr. Justice Todd, Jr.,

delivered the opinion of the eonrt.

Antonio Carbone D’Angelo was convicted by the District-Court of Ponce, on a trial de novo, of simple assault and battery for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs or to imprisonment for nonpayment thereof. He has appealed from that judgment, and in support of his appeal *610hé urges that the lower court erred in sentencing him without the corpus delicti having been proved, the testimony of the injured party, who failed to appear, being a vital element; in finding him guilty, in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the…