Legal Opinion · Concurrence

El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. Candelario Ayala

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided November 8, 2003No. Número: CC-2004-585Published

1Concurrence

Opinión de conformidad emitida por el

Juez Asociado Se-ñor Fuster Berlingeri.

Ex post facto laws are not permissible if they infringe on what individuals have a right to know when they act. They have a right to know those matters that bear on the morality of their actions ....

But engaging in highly immoral acts in the calculated hope of getting away with them is hardly worth the protection of the law.

G.P. Fletcher

En el caso de autos nos toca resolver si la Ley Núm. 2 de 1 de enero de 1998 —que extiende de 18 a 21 años la edad de la víctima a partir de la cual comienza a transcurrir el término…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  4. Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937

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