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Pablo Casellas ToroConvicted in 2014 for the murder of his wife Carmen Paredes, he was released from prison this Saturday, after the process of paying a bail of $ 2 million was completed, reported the Press Office of the Administration of Courts.
The bail was imposed by Judge Marta Rosario Santana.
Casellas Toro will be in the custody of his daughter while the new trial process begins. The insurance broker was able to get out of prison after the application by the Court of Appeals of the new doctrine on unanimous verdicts. In his case, he was convicted in a jury trial that culminated in an 11-1 vote.
Casellas faced trial in 2013 for allegedly murdering his wife Carmen Paredes. The woman’s shot body was found on the morning of July 14, 2012 at her residence in Guaynabo.
Casellas Toro opted for his trial to be by jury. Since then, the defense of Casellas Toro – son of the late federal judge Salvador Casellas – submitted requests that the trial comply with the unanimity requirement, in compliance with the United States Constitution.
In 2015, the argument was accepted by the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, in light of the Sánchez Valle case, but the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico reversed it.
Following the decision of the Federal Supreme Court last April, Casellas Toro requested the annulment of the verdict, which was accepted by the Court of Appeals.
The island’s intermediate judicial forum determined that “the verdicts handed down against Mr. Pablo J. Casellas Toro on charges of murder in the first degree, destruction of evidence and for the violation of article 5.15 of the Arms Law are annulled.” .
“Consequently, the case is returned to the primary forum for the holding of a new trial against Mr. Casellas Toro for the three crimes mentioned,” the court indicated.
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