People v. Cádiz Colón

In the prosecution for murder in the first degree brought in the Ponce Part of the Superior Court against Alberto Cádiz Colón,1 the district attorney offered the testimony of witnesses Maria Mercedes Pietri, José García Medina, Be-nigno Coti Torres, and José Ramírez García. In January 1953, he was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to serve from 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary. For the purposes of passing upon the only question raised in this appeal, it is necessary to sum up the testimony given by those witnesses.

Maria Mercedes Pietri, alias “La Colorá,” testified that…