RIVERA v. CONCEPCION

No. 72-8024.

469 F.2d 17 (1972)

Rafael Capella RIVERA et al., Petitioners, Appellees, v. Tomas CONCEPCION, Warden, et al., Respondents, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. F. Rodriguez-Rivera, Acting Sol. Gen. and Americo Serra, Asst. Sol. Gen., for respondents on motion for stay.

Luis F. Abreu Elias, Rio Piedras, P. R., for petitioners on memorandum in opposition to motion for stay.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Senior Judge.

Petitioners were convicted in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico in August 1970, after some 23 trial days, of violating the Commonwealth's Explosives Law, 25 L.P.R.A. § 492, and for conspiracy, 33 L.P.R.A. § 161. They sought bail pending appeal from the Superior Court, but after a prompt evidentiary hearing this was refused. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico denied bail in May 1971. In December 1971 petitioners again applied to the Superior...

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