DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Judicial Branch has overturned the sentence that had acquitted Venezuelan national Karla María Moya of charges related to impersonating a medical doctor and has ordered a new trial. The decision was made to reconsider the evidence supporting the accusation.

Last August 2024, Moya was cleared of charges that she had been pretending to be a doctor without a license. However, the Public Ministry appealed the acquittal and successfully secured a new hearing.

The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals in the National District nullified Moya’s acquittal and ordered a retrial “for a new evaluation of all the evidence presented, for the reasons stated” in the original sentence.

Consequently, the Presidency of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in the National District will assign a different judge to handle the case, as per Article 423 of the...