Legal Opinion
Ramon Antonio Fournier v. Balbino Gonzalez, Warden of the District Jail of San Juan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 29, 1959No. 5388PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, Circuit Judge
(Retired).
On November 26, 1950, an information was filed in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico charging that Ramon Antonio Fournier Sampedro had committed murder in the first degree by strangling his wife on or about September 7, 1950. He pleaded not guilty, and demanded a jury trial. On January 26, 1951, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and on March 16, 1951, Fournier was sentenced to life imprisonment — the maximum sentence possible, capital punishment having been abolished in Puerto Rico in 1917. II Sess.Laws (1917) p. 324; Sess.Laws (1929) p. 232. On November 5, 1954, the Supreme…
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