Legal Opinion
People v. Matos Pretto
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Decided February 2, 1966No. Nos. CR-64-420, CR-64-421Published
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Justice Hernández Matos
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The main issue in these appeals is: Whether the unlawful killing of two or more persons in an automobile accident constitutes a single offense of involuntary manslaughter or as many offenses of involuntary manslaughter, separate and distinct, as there were persons killed on the occasion of the same accident.
About 1 p.m. of June 17, 1962, Balbina Fuentes Rodrí-guez, an old lady, and her granddaughter, Leila Margarita Rodríguez López, were traveling by foot along the left-hand side of public highway No. 3, section between Yabucoa and…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- People v. MajorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
- The People v. AllenIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
- State v. FredlundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
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