People v. Méndez Feliciano
People v. Méndez Feliciano
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of a violation of Act No. 220 of 1948 (Bolita Act) and sentenced to serve 7
The principal fact of the sale was proved. Appellant argues, nevertheless, that said testimony should not be believed because the witness incurred in contradiction as to how he disposed of the television tube box where the witness had jotted down the number on which he gambled and which he did not present at the trial. Apart from the fact that the trial court considered as satisfactory the witness’ explanation about the occurrence with said television tube box, the apparent contradiction assigned by appellant is not decisive as to the main issue of the sale because the maxim “falsus in uno, falsus in ómnibus” does not authorize the dismissal of the whole testimony of a witness because he was false in relation to one or more particulars, and the fact that the contradiction is produced in a case in which the evidence for the prosecution only consists in the testimony of the undercover agent does not vary the situation. People v. Nazario, 87 P.R.R. 122 (1963).
The judgment appealed from will be affirmed.
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