Case Name: People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Angel David Ramos, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1925-03-31
Citations: 34 P.R. 80
Docket Number: No. 2448
Parties: People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Angel David Ramos, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 80–80

Head Matter:
People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Angel David Ramos, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 2448.
Argued March 26, 1925.
Decided March 31, 1925.
Angel A. Vázquez for the appellant. José E. Figneras, Fiscal, for the appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Justice Wolf
delivered the opinion of the court.
While two errors are assigned they are substantially the same and involve the question whether it was necessary to instruct and the jury to find the degree of the offence of larceny charged. Where a charge of grand larceny is made the jury must find the degree. People v. Colón, 15 P.R.R. 663, People v. Días, alias Leña Verde, 10 P.R.R. 441. This, however, is a prosecution for a second offence of larceny, made a felony. Sections 56 et seq. Penal Code. The information only charged a petit larceny, as a second offence, and a petit larceny is not distinguished into degrees and cannot be reduced or increased. Hence the jury was justified in finding that the defendant was guilty as charged and had committed a previous offence.
The judgment must be affirmed.