People v. Reyes Lara

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was accused and convicted of murder in the second degree (33 L.P.R.A. §§ 631 and 633) and of the *679misdemeanor of bearing, conveying, and carrying a knife, which she used to commit the offense of second-degree murder in the person of Francisco López Rivera (§ 4, Weapons Law— 25 L.P.R.A. § 414). She was sentenced to serve two years in jail for the misdemeanor and from 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary for the murder.

The evidence of the parties is correctly summarized by counsel for the defense as follows:

“The first witness…