P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1042
The Judges of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized, in the exercise of their discretion, to grant suspended sentences in any felony case, except murder in the first degree, when the use or the attempted use of a firearm is involved in the commission or the attempted commission of a felony, or in violation of the provisions of § 2411(a) of Title 24, part of the Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico, and in any misdemeanor arising from acts involved in the felony and not excluded from the benefits of this section, including the case in which the person has been found not guilty of the felony, but guilty of acts involved therein which constitute a misdemeanor, if the person convicted was under 21 years of age on the date the crime was committed.
History —June 29, 1955, No. 103, p. 548, § 2; June 27, 1958, No. 133, p. 325, § 2; July 27, 1993, No. 33, § 2; Jan. 17, 1995, No. 6, § 1.