People v. Fuentes
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Travieso
The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He bases his appeal on ten assignments of error which we will consider in the same order in which they appear in the brief.
1. In the first one he alleges that the lower court erred in dismissing the demurrer based on the allegation that in the information he was charged with the commission of two different crimes, that of “assault to commit rape” and that of “rape.”
The alleged error has not been committed. The information, in its pertinent part, reads thus:
“. . . illegally,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lay v. NevilleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
- People v. PiaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1910