People v. Santiago Rivera

The District Attorney of San Juan filed an information against Isidoro Santiago and Sergio Rivera charging them with the crime of murder, in that in Río Piedras,, on February 12, 1934, they unlawfully hilled Cirilo Rivera, a human being, with malice aforethought.

The defendants pleaded not guilty and ashed for a jury trial. After the cause went to trial, the evidence was heard and the jury instructed, the latter rendered its verdict convicting them guilty of murder in the first degree, aind the court duly sentenced them to life imprisonment.

They appealed to this court. They maintain that the…