Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided July 28, 1917No. 1134Published

Appeal from the District Court of San Juan, Section 2, in a Prosecution for Murder in the First Degree. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice HutchisoN

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree upon an information charging the facts as follows:

“The said Juan Rivera Quiñones, prior to the filing of this information, that is, about September 20, 1915, in Yega Alta, within the Judicial District of San Juan, P. R., unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously, treacherously, with malice aforethought and preconceived and decided purpose of causing the death of Juan Seijo Morales, assaulted and wounded him with a razor, inflicting upon him several wounds, one of them in the right lateral and frontal part of the neck, cutting through the larynx,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. DurrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911

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