AROCHO v. PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO

No. 2019.

16 F.2d 90 (1926)

AROCHO v. PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 23, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Munoz Morales, Frank Antonsanti, and Antonsanti & La Costa, all of San Juan, Porto Rico, for plaintiff in error.

George C. Butte, Atty. Gen., of Porto Rico, for the People of Porto Rico.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In the Second district court of San Juan, Arocho was, on December 10, 1924, convicted of murder, in the first degree, of a girl under 14 years of age. Under section 202 of the Porto Rican Penal Code, he was, on January 27, 1925, duly sentenced to death. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico the judgment was affirmed, in a careful opinion by Chief Justice Toro, concurred in by the entire court.

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