Rivera Escuté v. Delgado

The petition for habeas corpus filed by the petitioner on June 23, 1958 alleges that the investigation of the crime' for which he was tried and convicted was made by the district attorney pursuant to subdivision 4 of § 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which provides that the examination of witnesses by the prosecuting attorney shall be in private;' *802that he was interrogated by District Attorney José C. Aponte, without the latter having advised him of his constitutional right to be 'assisted by counsel, and that he had no legal assistance, during said examination made in the presence of…