P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 194
An appeal is executed by filing a writ of appeal with the clerk of the part of the Court of First Instance that pronounced judgment, within thirty (30) days following the date in which the judgment was pronounced, but, if a motion for a new trial is filed under Rules 188(e) and 192 of this appendix within the indicated term of thirty (30) days, the writ of appeal may be filed within thirty (30) days after the date the defendant is served by the court order denying the motion for a new trial.
Should any party request the reconsideration of the judgment within the undeferrable term of fifteen (15) days from the date judgment was rendered, the term to file the writ of appeal or certiorari shall be stayed and the same shall commence on the date that service of the court’s resolution adjudicating the motion for reconsideration is filed in the record.
If the writ of appeal or certiorari is filed with the clerk of the part of the Court of First Instance that pronounced judgment, the appellant or petitioner shall be responsible for serving the regulatory copies of such writ to the clerk of Circuit Court of Appeals, within forty-eight (48) hours of its filing, duly stamped with the date and hour of filing. If the appeal is filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court of Appeals, it shall be the responsibility of the appellant or petitioner to submit a copy of such writ to the clerk of the Court of First Instance that pronounced judgment, within forty-eight (48) hours of filing the writ of appeal or certiorari, duly stamped with the date and hour of its filing.
The appellant or petitioner shall notify the prosecuting attorney and the Attorney General of the filing of the writ of appeal or certiorari within the term prescribed to file such appeals. Said notice shall be made in the manner prescribed in these rules, except as otherwise provided in Rule 195 of this appendix.
The writ of appeal shall state the errors on which the same is grounded briefly and concisely. The writ of certiorari shall contain true and concise statement of the facts of the case as well as statements and discussion of the errors that, in the opinion of the petitioner, were committed by the Court of First Instance.
History —June 23, 1978, No. 77, p. 253, § 1; Dec. 25, 1995, No. 251, § 2; Jan. 6, 1998, No. 5, § 2.