Legal Opinion
Gregorio Sanchez Torres v. Gerardo Delgado, Warden
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 10, 1975No. 74--1316PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
The single question raised by these appeals from the dismissal of petitions for habeas corpus is the constitutionality of Article II, § 11, subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, adopted in 1948, which provides as follows:
“In all prosecutions for a felony the accused shall have the right of trial by an impartial jury composed of twelve residents of the district, who may render their verdict by a majority vote which in no case may be less than nine.”
Attacking, this last clause, twenty citizens of Puerto Rico convicted by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Apodaca v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Balzac v. Porto RicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Ramon Antonio Fournier v. Balbino Gonzalez, Warden of the District Jail of San JuanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. AtaligDistrict Court, Northern Mariana Islands · 1983
- Jake King v. Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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