People v. Campos Suárez

Appellant raises the question that a defendant’s admissions concerning essential facts of a crime charged against him should be corroborated. He invokes the opinion delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Opper v. United States, 348 U.S. 84 (1954).

Appellant was charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor — 9 L.P.R.A. § 1041 (Supp. 1961). The only witness who testified against him was a policeman who investigated the facts. The latter stated that when he arrived at the place of the accident, defendant immediately told him that he…