Legal Opinion
Concepcion Diaz v. Morales Bergeat
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 23, 1975No. Civ. No. 74-1054PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*750OPINION AND ORDER
TOLEDO, Chief Judge.
On September 12, 1974, petitioner filed pro se the instant habeas corpus petition and was authorized by the Court to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner, a Commonwealth prisoner, bases his petition on the grounds that conviction by less than an unanimous jury is unconstitutional and that the undercover agent that testified that he had bought drugs from petitioner was incompetent to testify. To substantiate this allegation, he accompanies a photocopy of a newspaper article in which a Superior Court Judge in another case is said to have found the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Apodaca v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Sunal v. LargeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mapp v. ClementDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Fletcher v. LaneDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1978