People v. López Rivera

On November 28, 1962 appellant was sentenced by the San Juan Part of the Superior Court to serve an indeterminate sentence of from five to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary in each of two counts for violation of the Narcotics Act of Puerto Rico. On the same date and at the same trial he was sentenced by that Part of the Superior Court to *777pay a fine of $5 for violation of Ordinance No. 18 of the Government of the Capital of September 6, 1949.

In the proceedings had before the trial court appellant was ably assisted by an attorney of the Legal Aid Society. Feeling aggrieved by the…