Court of Appeals for the First Circuit November 15, 1976, 76-1409 (Aureo Morales Roque v. The People of Puerto Rico, Superior Court, Humacao Part)

PER CURIAM.

As this court indicated in

Rivera v. Concepcion,

469 F.2d 17 (1st Cir. 1972), a criminal defendant who is held in custody following his conviction in the trial court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a right under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution to a reasonably prompt hearing and disposition of his appeal.