The judicial process against siblings Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, related to the Jet Set Case, experienced a significant turn this Thursday. The Fourth Penal Chamber of the National District decided to postpone the trial to next Friday, following a request from the plaintiff’s lawyers to modify the legal qualification of the act.<\/p>\n\n
During the hearing, the plaintiff formally requested to change the original charge from involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter. Given this new situation, Judge Franny Gonz\u00e1lez Castillo chose to suspend the session in order to grant a reasonable period of time to the defendants’ counsel, allowing them to prepare their arguments regarding the new legal claim.<\/p>\n\n
Magistrate Gonz\u00e1lez Castillo was emphatic in warning the defendants about the procedural consequences of this request. If the change in classification is accepted, the Espaillat brothers could face a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, a substantial difference compared to the two years contemplated by the initial accusation presented by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.<\/p>\n\n
Additionally, the legal representatives of the plaintiff, attorneys Gregory Adames, Luis Aybar, and Plinio Pi\u00f1a, have requested that the criminal provisions contained in laws 687-82 and 6200, which regulate the practice of engineering and architecture in the country, be integrated into the proceedings. This request seeks to establish the liability of the accused under articles 295, 52, 59, and 60 of the Penal Code, under the concept of eventual intent (dolus eventualis).<\/p>\n\n
The plaintiffs’ request introduces a new legal debate in the Jet Set Case, which must be exhaustively analyzed by the court before issuing a final decision on the classification of the crime.<\/p> \n\n
For the moment, the court remains awaiting the defense’s arguments in the next hearing, at which time it will be determined whether or not the requested variation is appropriate in this case that maintains the attention of the judicial sphere.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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