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MORALES ROQUE v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO

No. 76-1409.

558 F.2d 606 (1976)

Aureo MORALES ROQUE, Petitioner, Appellee, v. The PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO, SUPERIOR COURT, HUMACAO PART, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto Armstrong, Jr., Acting Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., and Mario L. Paniagua, Asst. Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellant.

Ramon Garcia Garcia, San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

As this court indicated in Rivera v. Concepcion, 469 F.2d 17 (1st Cir. 1972), a criminal defendant who is held in custody following his conviction in the trial court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a right under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution to a reasonably prompt hearing and disposition of his appeal. This right is in no way restricted to cases in which under Commonwealth law...

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