ESCUTÉ v. DELGADO

Civ. No. 884-69.

317 F.Supp. 234 (1970)

Fernando Rivera ESCUTÉ, Petitioner, v. Gerardo DELGADO, Warden, Penitentiary of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

June 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santos P. Amadeo, Río Piedras, P. R., for petitioner.

Rafael E. Lebrón Oliveras, Asst. Atty., Commonwealth of P. R., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P. R., for respondent.


OPINION AND ORDER

CANCIO, Chief Judge.

The matter is before us on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on December 29, 1969, in which it is alleged that for the reasons therein stated, petitioner should be released from the custody of respondent, the Warden of the Penitentiary of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The grounds as set forth by petitioner are the following:

1. Because, having the petitioner raised at his trial and on appeal the...

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