Jaca Hernández v. Delgado

Juan Jaca Hernández and others were charged with murder in the first degree (in four cases) and with assault with intent to commit murder (in six cases). Having been tried before the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, they were found guilty by the jury which sat at the trial. The petitioner was sentenced on June 5, 1951 to serve four sentences of life imprisonment and six indeterminate sentences of six to fourteen years imprisonment. Petitioner filed an appeal and this Court affirmed the sentences imposed on Jaca.1 People v. Hernández, 77 P.R.R. 437 (1954).

By means of a petition of habeas corpus…