Garay Resto v. Parole Board

Mr. Justice Negrón Fernández

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On August 23, 1946, Quintín Garay Resto was sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from eight to fifteen years in the penitentiary for the offense of rape committed on January 7 of that same year. On July 7, 1951, he had served one-fourth of the maximum term of said sentence. He then requested the Parole Board to assume jurisdiction of his case and determine whether or not they would parole him. The Board refused to do so, on the ground that by virtue of the provisions of Act No. 295 of April 10, 1946 (Sess. Laws, p. 758)…