Legal Opinion
People v. Vélez Rivera
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Decided June 16, 1966No. CR-65-134Published
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellants were prosecuted and sentenced for the commission of the offense of conspiracy.1 In this appeal they maintain that the information does not state facts constituting a public offense. In its pertinent part said information reads as follows:
“The prosecuting attorney files an information against Juan Vélez Rivera, Emilio Reyes Pinto, Salvador E. Rodriguez Zayas, and Santos Rivera Martinez . . . for an offense of Conspiracy, misdemeanor, committed in the following manner:
The above-mentioned defendants, Juan Vélez Rivera,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- People v. PurcellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1940
- State v. BennettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1945
- Moran-Buckner Co. v. FrenchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939