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Second Defendant's Case Submitted to Jury in Penalty Phase of Capital Case in Puerto Rico

By Tom Lincoln

We reported earlier (see here) on how the penalty phase in a federal capital case --the first one to reach the penalty phase in Puerto Rico's recent history-- had been separated, so that the penalty phase evidence and jury deliberations against one defendant was carried out before any penalty phase evidence was presented as to the other defendant. The jury had returned a verdict as to defendant Lorenzo Catalán-Román and the verdict  has been kept sealed, pending conclusion of the penalty phase as to the co-defendant, Hernando Medina-Villegas. Yesterday, the case as to the second defendant was submitted to the jury, with the jury being asked to return on Monday to commence deliberations as to Medina-Villegas. The case involves a robbery in which a security guard was killed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on April 30, 2005 (boomark / email).