People v. García Félix
People v. García Félix
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was accused of the offenses of Attempt to Kill and Violation of § 4 of the Weapons Law. The cases were tried jointly. The jury which sat at the trial of the felony case acquitted the defendant but the judge who presided at the trial found him guilty of the misdemeanor and sentenced him to one year in jail. He appealed from this judgment and alleges that the trial court committed manifest error in the weighing of the evidence.
The trial judge settled the conflict of the evidence against the defendant and that evidence shows that he was carrying a prohibited weapon at the place and date alleged in the information. We are not convinced that the trial court abused its discretion in weighing the evidence nor that it committed manifest error for which we shall not disturb its conclusion on appeal. People v. López Rodríguez, 88 P.R.R. 459 (1963); People v. Martínez, supra.
The case of People v. Ramírez, 52 P.R.R. 470 (1938), cited by the defendant, is distinguishable. There the revolver was seen shortly before the events in the possession of the victim. Besides, at the very moment of the event, the victim stated that the revolver with which he had been wounded was his own. There are in addition other facts, related by the witnesses in that case, all of which show that the defendant
The judgment rendered by the Superior Court will be affirmed.
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