People v. Ruiz López

The district attorney filed an information against Wilfredo Ruiz López charging him with the crime of rape consisting in that he had indulged in sexual intercourse with minor M.... S..., who on the date of the occurrence was 18 years old and was not the defendant’s wife. The trial was set for January 28, 1959, and before it opened there arose an incident as a result of a motion made by the district attorney to include as a prosecution witness the prosecutrix’s father. The court granted the motion and the hearing was continued the following day for the purpose of giving the defense an…