People v. Pellot Cancela

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant Cecilio Pellot Cancela was convicted by a court without a jury of a violation of § 155 of the Penal Code of Puerto Rico (33 L.P.R.A. § 512j.1

*17On appeal defendant alleges that the trial court erred in denying his motion for peremptory acquittal based on the fact that the evidence for the People failed to establish defendant’s purpose in circulating or selling the Treet razor blade that the police found in a bandage that appellant had on his right hand when returning to the penitentiary from a hospital where he was confined…