Legal Opinion
Isidoro Cruz-Sanchez v. Benito Rivera-Cordero, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 1988No. 87-1623PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In 1978, a Puerto Rico court convicted the appellant, Isidoro Cruz-Sanchez, of rape. After denial of his post-conviction appeal, Cruz-Sanchez filed a motion for a new trial, alleging that the government’s primary witness, the victim Carmen Rodriguez Reyes, had committed penury during trial by denying that she was pregnant. The motion for a new trial was denied. Cruz then filed a motion with the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico under Rule 192.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, P.R.Laws Ann. tit. 34, App. II, R. 192.1 (1963), 1 alleging…
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