People v. Quiles

This was a case where the Fiscal of this court suggested a reversal on the ground, perhaps among others, that the court to which the case was submitted without a jury incurred in manifest error in not believing (rechazando) the evidence tending to show self-defense brought by the defendant and in giving credit to the sole testimony of the injured man. The crime charged is an assault with intent to commit murder, and counsel who argued the case orally in this court was not counsel in the court below. The Fiscal of this court resumes the evidence for the Government more or less in this fashion:…