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FOURNIER v. GONZALEZ

No. 5388.

269 F.2d 26 (1959)

Ramon Antonio FOURNIER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Balbino GONZALEZ, Warden of the District Jail of San Juan, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santos P. Amadeo, Rio Piedras, P. R., and Gerardo Ortiz del Rivero, San Juan, P. R., with whom Rafael V. Perez Marchand, Rio Piedras, P. R., was on the brief, for appellant.

Arturo Estrella, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francisco Espinosa, Jr., Acting Atty. Gen., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and MARIS and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge (Retired).

On November 26, 1950, an information was filed in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico charging that Ramon Antonio Fournier Sampedro had committed murder in the first degree by strangling his wife on or about September 7, 1950. He pleaded not guilty, and demanded a jury trial. On January 26, 1951, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and on March 16, 1951, Fournier was sentenced to life imprisonment — the maximum sentence possible...

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