Legal Opinion

People v. Capriles

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided April 28, 1941No. 8582Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Alberto Capriles Camacho and Ramón Ramírez S ¿garra were found guilty and sentenced by the Municipal Court of Mayag’iiez for a violation of Act No. 25 of July 17, 1935 (Special Session, p. 152) known as the Bolita or Boli-pool Act. They appealed to the district court and before the case *553liad been set for trial, they filed a motion in which, after alleging that certain evidence which the district attorney proposed to offer against them, consisting of cash, tickets, lists and other equipment for said game, had been illegally obtained by…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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