Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Puerto Rico
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 15, 2013No. Civil No. 12-1727 (JA)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JUSTO ARENAS, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On January 17, 1996, now petitioner under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Samuel Reyes Reyes was sentenced by the Bayamon Superior Court to 99 years of imprisonment for first-degree murder, and weapons law violations. Petitioner appealed that sentence and on December 30, 1999, the Puerto.Rico Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction. (Case No. KLAN1997-0671). On May 28, 2009, petitioner filed a motion to vacate sentence and for new trial under Rule 192.1 of the Puerto Rico Rules of Criminal…
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