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COLON-ROSICH v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO

No. 5299.

256 F.2d 393 (1958)

Carlos Roberto COLON-ROSICH, Defendant, Appellant, v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

June 5, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Meserve, Boston, Mass., with whom John R. Hally, Boston, Mass., and Santos P. Amadeo, Rio Piedras, P. R., were on brief, for appellant.

Alfredo Archilla Guenard, Pros. Atty., San Juan, P. R., with whom J. B. Fernandez Badillo, Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Arturo Estrella, Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and MARIS (by special assignment) and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico affirming a judgment of sentence to a term in the penitentiary passed by the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Ponce Part, upon the appellant after he had been found guilty by a jury of statutory rape.

As is not unusual in cases like this, the only direct evidence of the crime was the testimony of the prosecutrix herself. She testified in substance that she was eleven...

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