People v. Aponte González

District Attorney Herminio Miranda, Jr. filed an information against the four appellants, Pedro Aponte Gon-zález, Lino Colón Peraza, Bias Adorno Medina, and Pedro Rivera Mateo, for the offense of robbery, consisting in that they took from the person of Ramón Fernández Serra, in his immediate presence and by force and violence, the sum of $5,000 in cash, against the will of the said prejudiced party. (Section 238 of the Penal Code, S3 L.P.R.A. § 851.) The corresponding trial having been held, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the four defendants and they were sentenced to serve an…