U.S. v. NIEVES RIVERA

Crim. No. 90-0041 GG.

762 F.Supp. 1548 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America v. Gregorio NIEVES RIVERA.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

May 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Dunne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dirk G. Roggeveen, Atty., Crim. Section, Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Antonio Bauza Torres, Guaynabo, P.R., for defendant.


ORDER

GIERBOLINI, District Judge.

Before the court is an issue of first impression in the First Circuit: whether 18 U.S.C. § 3651 authorizes suspension of sentencing and the imposition of probation for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 242 in a case in which the victim of the constitutional deprivation was killed.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 9, 1990, defendant Gregorio Nieves Rivera was found guilty of willfully depriving Juan Falc...

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