People v. Rivera Matos

Jesús Rivera Matos, petitioner herein, and Ignacio Rivera Cartagena were accused in the former District Court of Puerto Rico, Caguas Section, for the crime of first-degree murder. They were tried by jury and found guilty. Both *406defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment. They appealed and in due time filed in this Court the judgment roll and the transcript of the evidence. The appeal was dismissed on March 11,-1946, on the ground that their attorney at that time failed to file a brief, notwithstanding the extension granted by this Court, or to appear on the day set for the hearing of his…