People v. Rivera Valpais
People v. Rivera Valpais
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The only error alleged by the appellant in this appeal is that the lower court erred in overruling his motion for the dismissal of the case, pursuant to § 448 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The facts are the following:
On January 25, 1943 two informations were filed against appellant in the lower court for the offenses of voluntary manslaughter and carrying prohibited weapons. When appellant was arraigned he pleaded not guilty and moved that both cases be tried together thereby “waiving his right to a speedy trial in the case of carrying weapons.” It was not until February 6,1946 that the case for voluntary manslaughter
This motion was filed too late. We have decided that delay in filing a motion for dismissal under § 448 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not destroy the right of the accused to file it “at any time before the trial of the case.” People v. Ayala, 19 P.R.R. 888, ratified in People v. Díaz, 60 P.R.R. 528. It is obvious that a motion of this kind
The judgment is affirmed.
On December 18, 1945, at the request of the defendant, the information in that case was dismissed, but the District Attorney filed a new information. The defendant did not seek the dismissal of the ease for carrying weapons but it appears from the minutes that it was stipulated that the case for carrying weapons be tried together with the felony case.
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