People of Puerto Rico v. Colón Vidal

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant Juan Colón Vidal was charged, convicted, and sentenced of the crime of rape, consisting in having had sexual intercourse with a female Maria Elena de Arce Chico, not his wife, by means of threats, force, and violence.

The only question to be decided in this appeal, as the ground on which to base the reversal of the judgment appealed from, is whether the testimony of the prosecutrix was corroborated with other evidence, as required by § 250 of the *790Code of Criminal Procedure (34 L.P.R.A. § 729).1 It is imperative,…