Case Name: People of Puerto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Pedro P. Pagán, Defendant and Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1932-12-16
Citations: 44 P.R. 233
Docket Number: No. 4815
Parties: People of Puerto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Pedro P. Pagán, Defendant and Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 233–233

Head Matter:
People of Puerto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Pedro P. Pagán, Defendant and Appellee.
No. 4815.
Argued November 16, 1932.
Decided December 16, 1932.
B. A. Gómez, Fiscal, for appellant. A. Beyes Delgado for appellee.

Opinion:
Mb. Justice Wole
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The fiscal appeals from a judgment of the district court granting a motion for nonsuit and discharging the defendant. The act permitting appeals to this court provides:
"An appeal may be taken by The People:
"1. From an order setting aside the information;
"2. From a judgment for the defendant on a demurrer to. the information;
"3. From an order granting a new trial;
"4. From an order arresting judgment;
"5. From an order made after judgment, affecting the substantial rights of the people;
' ' 6. From an order of the court directing the jury to find for the defendant." Section 348 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The matter of an appeal is a pure concession by the Legislature and must be specifically granted. We do not think that an order granting a nonsuit and thus setting free the defendant may be revised on appeal. People v. Allen, 17 P.R.R. 36; People v. Martínez, 15 P.R.R. 725; People v. Caquias, 7 P.R.R. 559. Therefore, it is unnecessary to decide the question as to whether or not the defendant w.as a second offender.
The appeal must be dismissed.