Legal Opinion
Manuel Figueroa v. The People of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 18, 1956No. 19-2086PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
Manuel Figueroa was tried and convicted in- the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Part, of the felony of buying personal property knowing the same to have been stolen, an offense denounced in § 438 of the Penal Code of Puerto Rico (1937 ed.). The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, with an extensive opinion by Chief Justice Snyder which has been reproduced in 125 F.Supp. 821-830. Appeal was then taken to this court.
At the arraignment in the trial court, Figueroa entered a plea of not guilty and requested a trial by jury. When the…
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- De Castro v. Board of Comm'rs of San JuanSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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