Legal Opinion

People v. Aletriz Romero

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided June 12, 1962No. 16525Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree consisting in that on December 7, 1957, with *623malice aforethought and deliberation, he unlawfully killed Alcides Rodriguez Villanueva, known as Alcides Villanueva.

In this appeal1 he assigns the commission of three errors. In the first two he maintains that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and to law and that the deliberation and malice aforethought, indispensable ingredients of murder in the first degree, were not adequately established.

“The evidence for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. BenderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. People v. GorshenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  3. People v. CayerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
  4. People v. CoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
  5. People v. LewieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959

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