Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the agreement that Sobeida Felix Morel, the former lover of Puerto Rican drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto, signed with former District Attorney Alejandro Moscoso Segarra did not meet all legal requirements to be binding. Felix Morel signed a deal under which she provided inside information in exchange for a reduced sentence of five years and agreement from the prosecutors that she only serves half of the sentence. “That was not an agreement that the Public Prosecution needs to honor. The law establishes that agreements of this nature must be ratified by a judge and this procedure was not followed in that case, said Dominguez Brito. According to the AG, Moscoso Segarra simply gave his word for the specific jurisdiction of the National District to make the efforts to that effect, but that was all that was established. Dominguez Brito went on to say that the Procedures Penal Code establishes three kinds of agreements: conditional suspension of the procedure, abbreviation penal judging and full or partial, all of which need to be validated by a judge.
Earlier this week, the judge of the Second Penal Court of the National District turned down an appeal filed by Felix Morel. The appeal called for the Justice Department to honor the plea deal it signed with the inmate, who is serving a five-year sentence for money laundering. Defense lawyer Felix Portes said that he would take action against the Justice Department, including a suit brought before the Higher Administrative Tribunal and the formal opposition to the sale of any assets belonging to Felix Morel. Judge Franny Gonzalez told Listin Diario reporters that the appeal should have been filed in the Constitutional Court.
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