People v. Quiñones Ramos

San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 13,1970

I maintained in People v. Diaz, 86 P.R.R. 529 (1962), unlike the majority opinion, that a defendant was entitled to be furnished with copy of the sworn statements rendered by witnesses for the prosecution — whom the prosecuting attorney would not call afterwards to testify and placed them at the disposal of the- defense — before the defense would determine whether to use them or not.

In that case there was the following statement on my part in the judgment: (86 P.R.R. at 533)

“Mr. Justice Santana Becerra is of the opinion that the delivery of the sworn…